High petrol prices in the US have now trickled down to the street-level drug dealer.
Like most airlines, alleged Indiana drug dealer Anthony Salinas tacked on a fuel surcharge in a recent drug buy, according to a Porter County Drug Task Force report.
The website smokinggun.com has the affidavit in which police outline the alleged transaction.
Mr Salinas, who is 18-years-old, told his buyer that .25 ounces (7g) would cost $240 (€169) including $25 (€18) 'for gas money to deliver the cocaine,' the court affidavit says.
According to the report, the location of the buy was supposed to be a Starbucks store in Portage, Indiana, but it was changed at the last minute 'due to a lot of people at Starbucks'.
