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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