Next time hold the marijuana
LOS LUNAS, N.M. -- Two Burger King employees are in jail this afternoon for allegedly putting marijuana in hamburgers served to on-duty Isleta pueblo police officers.
It was at a Burger King on NM47 in Los Lunas Sunday night when the manager and one of the cooks allegedly spotted the two Isleta officers and decided to put an added ingredient inside their meal
The officers took their meals back to the station where they tasted something funny in their burgers.
When they opened them up they found another leafy substance besides lettuce.
A spokesperson for Isleta police said a fellow officer tested the burgers for marijuana and they both came back positive.
The two officers were taken to a hospital where both tested positive for marijuana.
They were immediately put on leave.
The two officers and the entire Isleta police department are very angry about the situation....
“This is an assault on police officers,” Isleta Detective Olivia Cavallero said. “These officers do their best in their careers to fight the wage the war on drugs, and basically they are poisoned by this."
The restaurant manager and cook, Robert Nuckols, 21, and Justin Armijo, 19, were both arrested and charged with assault on a peace officer, possession of drugs, and conspiracy.
A third employee, Joseph Ledesma, 33, was also arrested and charged with possession of drugs.
All three remain in the Valencia County Detention Center.
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