Green Skittles or ganja?

Will Greenlee | Treasure Coast Newspapers

FORT PIERCE — Was Blake Smith snacking on green Skittles or ganja?

Smith said the former, but a St. Lucie County sheriff’s deputy suspected the latter, according to an arrest affidavit.

The June 13 case began about 8:55 p.m. as a deputy drove on Oleander Boulevard in Fort Pierce.

A man identified as Smith, 33, was riding a bicycle without lights, and the deputy tried to pull him over, the affidavit states.

Instead of stopping, Smith looked back and kept pedaling.

Investigators said he pulled something from his pocket.

He “put his hand to his mouth and then began chewing rapidly,” the affidavit states.

“The male then retrieved a large soft drink from the front basket of his bicycle and took several large gulps,” the affidavit states.

The deputy got Smith to stop the bicycle, and he “continued to chew rapidly and was swallowing.”

Smith finally stuck his tongue out after the deputy asked, and the investigator saw suspected pot on his tongue. But, the deputy couldn’t get a sample because of Smith’s continued swallowing.

Smith repeatedly said he was munching on Combos and Skittles. He said he had bought the items at a nearby store, and hadn’t finished chewing.

“I was eating the green Skittles, I didn’t eat any weed,” Smith is quoted as saying.

Smith had no Skittles, a fruity candy introduced in 1979 with a shape similar to M&M’s, or Combos, a snack food of a tube-shaped vessel of pretzel or other crunchy outing with a flavored filling, on him.

Investigators say Smith wasn’t too coherent and had difficulty answering questions. Smith declined to give a urine sample to see whether he had drugs in his system.

Investigators alleged Smith was too impaired to operate his bicycle on the road, arresting him on a DUI charge.

Smith, of the 4900 block of Elm Avenue in Fort Pierce, also was arrested on charges of resisting an officer and destroying evidence.