Drug Dealer Eats Glass Crack Pipe in Bid To Destroy Evidence

Cops: Drug Suspect Ate Crack Pipe
Oklahoma man busted for trying to destroy evidence


OCTOBER 12--Meet Eljuan Heath.

In an apparent effort to destroy evidence, the Oklahoma man allegedly ate a glass crack pipe after cops Sunday responded to a report that the suspect was selling marijuana outside a convenience store.

Heath, pictured in the mug shot at right, was busted by Tulsa police inside a QuikTrip mart. Police sought to arrest Heath, 41, after he was spotted putting a beer in his pocket without paying for it, according to a Tulsa Police Department report.

But as the suspect struggled with officers, a cop reported spotting the suspect removing a crack pipe from his pocket and, “putting the crack pipe in his mouth and chewing it up in an attempt to destroy the evidence (crack pipe).”

The police report does not detail the size of the pipe or how much of the item Heath actually ingested.

Heath, whose lengthy rap sheet includes multiple narcotics arrests, was collared for larceny, destroying evidence, and resisting arrest. He is being held without bond and is scheduled for an October 18 court hearing.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections records show that Heath was freed from prison in March after serving nearly two years in custody for a cocaine distribution conviction. As part of his release, Heath was ordered to wear an ankle monitoring bracelet. The GPS-equipped device, which was due to be removed later this month, was in place when he was busted Sunday.

Heath told police he had some candies in a small container and wanted to eat them before the cops could confiscate them.