Trafficking Baking Soda

A few pounds of baking soda landed Malcolm Williams in hot water. Police say he sold the household product as cocaine!

The 17,000 dollar deal went down in West Mobile on Wednesday.

Undercover agents bought 2 kilos of what they were told was cocaine. Mobile Police tell us that Williams claimed the coke was being brought in from Atlanta.

Shortly after being arrested, Williams reportedly admitted to police that he faked the drug deal for the money!

Officer John Young with the Mobile Police Department says since he presented it as the real deal... he still gets charged with trafficking! "If you sell M&Ms as tablets to get high, if you sell baking soda as if it's cocaine or if you sell oregano as if it's marijuana, those charges are the same. You're presenting that substance as the illegal narcotic."

Cocaine trafficking carries a penalty of up to 99 years in prison!