Pocket dialing calls police to Oregon drug deal

March 1, 2013 @ 7:19 am

MOLALLA, Ore. (AP) - Police in the Oregon town of Molalla say a dispatcher received a cellphone call and overheard a drug deal taking place.

A phone in the woman's pocket inadvertently dialed 911 early Tuesday and dispatchers heard a conversation with a man about drugs.

KGW reports ( http://bit.ly/13tEKpX) police tracked the GPS signal to a car in an alley about a block away. An officer who arrived at the scene could be heard over the phone by dispatchers.

The officer found methamphetamine and arrested a 25-year-old man on multiple drug charges. The 25-year-old woman was cited for possessing marijuana _ and hung up her phone.

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Information from: KGW-TV, http://www.kgw.com/


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