DULUTH, GA — Duluth Police are warning parents after discovering a new way for teens to hide drugs during a recent drug arrest. A Duluth officer’s body camera shows how he discovered disguised marijuana while searching a teenager’s backpack.

The officer thought it was suspicious that a zip-lock-type bag of bacon would be something a teen would be carrying in a backpack. Upon further investigation, the two “bacon” bags held about half an ounce of marijuana.

Police are familiar with “Stink Sacks,” used by marijuana handlers to hide the pungent smell of weed. These particular bags had the words “Stink Sack” printed right on them, where the Oscar Mayer logo would normally be on its product.

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Officer Ted Sadowski, who discovered the bacon-disguised weed, said this is the first time he has seen weed disguised in quite this manner and warned parents to be alert to their kids’ activities and possessions.

The bodycam footage was captured the afternoon of July 14 off Summit Ridge Parkway, when police said they found two teenagers involved in sexual activity in the backseat of a car. Heads were popping out of the backseat window, according to the report.

Upon investigating, the officer said he smelled marijuana and, after the driver gave consent to search the car, marijuana was discovered on the seat and in the teen’s backpack, hidden in two bacon-disguised bags full of pot.

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The driver and owner of the backpack, who was 18 years old, was placed under arrest and charged with possession of marijuana – less than an ounce, and public indecency. The other teen, who was released, was charged with public indecency.

Sadowski said these “stink sacks” can be found on the internet with relative ease. They come in plain black or can be made to look like mail, bread or other grocery and household-type disguises.

Video and photo courtesy Duluth Police Department