Police find marijuana hidden in man's 'stomach fat'

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A 450-pound Florida man was arrested Friday after police found marijuana hidden in his stomach fat.

Forty-two-year-old Christopher Mitchell was a passenger in a vehicle that was stopped by Volusia County authorities, according to NBC Miami.

Mitchell reportedly told police he was not wearing a seat belt because he was “simply too large.”

Both Mitchell and the driver, Keithian Roberts, seemed nervous, so the deputy who stopped them used a drug-detecting dog.

The K-9 assisted in finding about 23 grams of marijuana in Mitchell’s stomach fat alone. There was also cocaine, $7,000 and a handgun in the car.

Mitchell was arrested for possession of marijuana, and Roberts was arrested for possession of cocaine.

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