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You know, it's always nice when you buy something and get a little something extra thrown in for free. Well, almost always:

A Burrillville [Rhode Island] town councilor got more than he bargained for when he bought a used police cruiser at auction. Kevin Blais bought the 2004 Ford Crown Victoria in an online auction from the Hartford, Conn., public works department.

He was cleaning it last week when he noticed a cracked area on the one-piece molded seat assembly.

When he removed the seat assembly to clean the floor, he found a plastic bag containing a substance that local police later confirmed was cocaine.

Blais speculates that a suspect stuffed the drugs through the crack to prevent police from finding them. Burrillville Lt. Kevin San Antonio says Hartford police were "apologetic" when he told them of the discovery.

The article goes on to say that a police spokesperson agreed that his theory about a suspect stuffing the coke into the seat is probably correct. I would hope so. Otherwise, they'd better be keeping an eye on the cop who used to drive that car.