Indiana police said a man paying for his McDonald's food accidentally handed a bag of heroin to a drive-through worker along with his money.
The LaPorte City Police report of the incident said an employee at the McDonald's in LaPorte took money from a male driver who appeared intoxicated and she sorted the bills to discover a green plastic baggie containing a "rock-like substance."
Police said the substance "appeared to be heroin" and later testing confirmed the presence of the drug.
LaPorte Metro Operations Coordinator, Harlan Williams, said police are reviewing surveillance footage from the fast food restaurant in an attempt to identify the three men in the car.
Williams said the man likely handed over the heroin by accident.
LaPorte County Coroner John Sullivan said heroin is an epidemic in the area.
All the counties in Indiana have their own vices but here in LaPorte, heroin is still a big, big issue," he said.
"It's our number one problem right now. It trumps unemployment, it trumps all the political woes we are going through right now." Sullivan said.
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