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Pocket dialing calls police to Oregon drug deal

Posted: 03/01/13 at 10:40 am
Tags: Oregon   Police   Drug Deal   Pocket Dialing  

MOLALLA, Ore. (AP) -- Police in the Oregon town of Molalla say a dispatcher received a cellphone call and overheard a drug deal taking place.

A phone in the woman's pocket inadvertently dialed 911 early Tuesday and dispatchers heard a conversation with a man about drugs.

KGW reports police tracked the GPS signal to a car in an alley about a block away. An officer who arrived at the scene could be heard over the phone by dispatchers.

The officer found methamphetamine and arrested a 25-year-old man on multiple drug charges. The 25-year-old woman was cited for possessing marijuana -- and hung up her phone.

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