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6 weeks in jail for carrying vitamins [CNN]




>          MAN SPENDS 6 WEEKS IN JAIL AFTER VITAMINS MISTAKEN FOR HEROIN
>                                        
>      October 29, 1997
>      Web posted at: 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT)
>      
>      NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- For six weeks, Malvin
>      Marshall sat in jail because police thought he was carrying heroin
>      in his pocket. Police didn't believe him when he said it was mushy
>      vitamins.
>      
>      On Monday, the charges were dropped. Lab tests showed he was
>      carrying mushy vitamins.

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