Man jailed after plaster powder mistaken for cocaine
A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine.
But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman's car was actually plasterboard (referred to as drywall in the US).
Cashe told American media he repeatedly told officers in Oviedo the substance was drywall.
However, after running a check they found he was on probation for marijuana and cocaine charges in 2015.
Cashe says a police dog alerted on his vehicle, and an officer's field test for cocaine returned a positive reading.
Court records show he was denied bail because he was accused of violating probation.
It took nearly three months for lab test results, which were negative for cocaine.
