/ 19 September 2008

Drug dealer charges fuel surcharge

First came the airlines, then the pizza delivery drivers. Now even drug dealers are charging a fuel surcharge.

An Indiana dealer asked a customer to pay him an extra $25 “for gas money to deliver the cocaine”, court documents showed.

They were meeting about 30km away from the dealer’s home in Hammond, Indiana, according to documents posted on The Smoking Gun website on Thursday.

With petrol retailing at about $4 a gallon (3,79 litres), the dealer likely made a small profit on the fuel charge.

Anthony Salinas was charged with two counts of dealing in cocaine on September 8, the court documents showed. — AFP