AUSTIN, Texas -- Authorities said a Texas man tried to destroy cocaine hidden under his belly fat while being taken to jail after failing a field sobriety test early on New Year's Eve. An Austin police officer pulled over Florentino Herrera early on the morning of Dec. 31 after he said he saw the 48-year-old run a stop sign and cross a solid white traffic line. In an affidavit, police said the squad car's camera recorded Herrera trying to destroy cocaine concealed under his stomach fat.
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