Police say that Hart tried to dump a bag of marijuana in a police car while he was being questioned for using suspected counterfeit money at a gas station.
A Texaco clerk called Tuscaloosa police Sunday night and reported that someone had tried to use counterfeit money, said TPD spokesman Sgt. Brent Blankley.
Hart was still at the business when police arrived at 5:50 p.m., he said.
He gave a false name to officers, Blankley said, before they transported him to TPD headquarters for questioning.
"When officers opened the door to let Hart out of the vehicle to be processed, they smelled a very strong odor of marijuana coming from the back seat area," Blankley wrote in press release sent Monday. "Officers located a Ziploc bag containing eight grams of marijuana beside his feet." The investigation into the counterfeit money is still being investigated, Blankley said.
The Texaco is less than a mile from Hart's University Village apartment.
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