Police say suspected drug dealer took payment in gift cards
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Posted: 1:45 PM Dec 31, 2008
Police say suspected drug dealer took payment in gift cards
Police in Athens, Alabama have a 38-year-old man in custody for allegedly accepting gift cards as payment for crack cocaine and prescription drugs.
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ATHENS, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Athens, Alabama have a 38-year-old man in custody for allegedly accepting gift cards as payment for crack cocaine and prescription drugs.

Police Captain Marty Bruce says Anthony Delmar Anderson was arrested Monday night. He was charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Bruce says officers executed a search warrant at Anderson's house and seized crack cocaine, Xanax pills, $899 cash and $175 in gift cards.

Police say Anderson could face additional charges. He remains in the Limestone County Jail under $5,000 bond.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Posted by: dilba on Jan 2, 2009 at 12:52 PM

This is not a new form of payment for drug dealers.
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