Crime & Safety
Nashville Man Hid Drugs Inside Cookie Pillow: Police
A Nashville K-9 officer found a pound of heroin and a pound of meth inside a cookie-shaped pillow.
NASHVILLE, TN — Metro Police arrested a man Tuesday after finding two pounds of drugs stuffed inside a cookie-shaped pillow.
Francisco Guzman, 29, was stopped for speeding on Interstate 24 near Bell Road. He told the officer he did not have a license and looked "nervous," according to a police report. The officer who pulled Guzman officer happened to be partnered with a K-9 officer. Stryker (the K9) did an open air sniff and indicated the presence of drugs.
Inside a box wrapped for Christmas, police found a pillow shaped like a large chocolate chip cookie. A small slit was cut into the side of the pillow and hidden in the stuffing of the pillow, police say they found a pound of heroin and a pound of meth.
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Guzman faces charges of driving without a license and possessing heroin and meth for resale.
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