---
title: "Toyota Driver, 73, Arrested for Attempting to Snort Cocaine During Traffic Stop"
description: "Officer discovers elderly driver \"portioning out a scoop of cocaine from a small glass vial.”"
date: "2015-12-07"
modified: "2015-12-07"
authors:
  - name: "Max Prince"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/max-prince"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/1161/toyota-driver-73-arrested-for-attempting-to-snort-cocaine-during-traffic-stop"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Toyota"
---

# Toyota Driver, 73, Arrested for Attempting to Snort Cocaine During Traffic Stop

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In a story that should come from Florida but somehow happened in Seattle, a 73-year-old man [has been arrested](<https://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2015/12/04/driver-arrested-after-trying-to-snort-cocaine-during-traffic-stop/>) for attempting to snort cocaine in front of a police officer during a traffic stop. The driver was arrested and booked into Washington’s King County Jail for narcotics possession, because that’s what happens when you *attempt to snort cocaine in front of a police officer during a traffic stop*.

According to Seattle Police, the man was pulled over on Tuesday, Dec. 1, for driving without his headlights on. Officer Nic Abts-Olsen, assuming, as one does, that the senior citizen behind the wheel was *not* going to start attempting to snort cocaine, went to his patrol car to check the man's driving record. When Abts-Olsen returned to the Toyota, he found the driver "portioning out a scoop of cocaine from a small glass vial.”

The driver, who was born before sunscreen was invented, claimed the powdered substance contained “vitamins pills.” Officer Abts-Olsen, a keen lawman, promptly called bullshit. Seattle Police are yet to release the name of the accused, though Norman, Oscar, Chester and Leonard are all solid guesses.

Enjoy the cheeky, full-length dashcam video below.

https://youtube.com/embed/KhoVWbjoJUo

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