A self-proclaimed drug dealer has been arrested after he called police to say his cocaine stash had been stolen in a burglary.

David Blackmon, 35, reportedly told officers a thief had broken into his car and stolen not only $50 (£39) in cash, but also a quarter of an ounce of cocaine.

He described himself as a drug dealer, police said in a Facebook post, and officers from Okaloosa County sheriff's office, in Florida, found another bag of cocaine and a rock of crack inside his car.

They also found a crack pipe, the post said.

According to one officer's report, "Blackmon asked [that] if I knew the cocaine was there, why did I let him keep talking".

Following his arrest on Sunday, Mr Blackmon, of Carson Drive, Walton Beach, was charged with resisting arrest without violence, cocaine possession and possessing drug paraphernalia.