PORTSMOUTH — A Dover man was arrested for drug possession after he approached two off-duty police officers, suggested they smoke some marijuana and showed them a bag of pot, say police.

PORTSMOUTH — A Dover man was arrested for drug possession after he approached two off-duty police officers, suggested they smoke some marijuana and showed them a bag of pot, say police.



Capt. Corey MacDonald said he was in plain clothes and sitting on a Ceres Street wall with University of New Hampshire Sgt. Steven Lee, who is also a Drug Enforcement Agency officer, when they were approached by a man who suggested they find some women and smoke some marijuana.



“He appeared to have been drinking and used a derogatory term for women,” said MacDonald, adding that the off-duty officers declined the offer.



MacDonald said the man then pulled a plastic bag of marijuana out of his pocket, prompting the police captain to say he had an apartment in Market Square where they could go smoke some of it. MacDonald said he and Lee then walked the man to a parked police cruiser where he dropped the bag of marijuana on the ground before being arrested.



During booking, he was identified as Donald P. Jay, 23, of 1 Fifth Street #304, Dover, say police.



“Some people just don't have good luck,” said MacDonald.



Following his arrest on a misdemeanor charge alleging drug possession, Jay was released on personal recognizance bail and is scheduled to be arraigned in August in Portsmouth District Court.