If you’re planning to tool around town with three pounds of cocaine, there are certainly worse ways of disguising it than making it look like a great big pregnant belly. On paper, at least. Unfortunately, life isn’t lived on paper. If it were, it wouldn’t matter that you drive like an idiot. Or that you and your pregnant friend can’t decide when she’s due. Or that neither of you knows where you’re heading today. Or that your little oven bun isn’t taped to her nearly as securely as you thought.
Public Information Officer Shale Remien told ABC News that the stop was predicated on Miller’s erratic driving. He allegedly weaved through multiple lanes and nearly collided with a semi-trailer truck, Remien said.
Miller and Mitchem behaved nervously during the stop and volunteered that Mitchem was pregnant, according to Remien.“The first red flag began when the two gave conflicting information about her ‘due date,'” the release from the office said.
Remien added that the two offered different information about their destination. Deputies also found marijuana in their vehicle, according to Remien.Mitchem fled from the officers as they grew increasingly suspicious of the “conflicting story” offered by the couple, according to police.
“Mitchem immediately took off running and very quickly drugs fell from the fake rubber stomach,” the release noted.
Both were charged with drug trafficking and could face up to 30 years if convicted.