BIZARRE: Raccoon With Meth Pipe In Its Mouth Discovered In Car During Ohio Drug Bust

Yes, you read that headline correctly!

An officer in Ohio was shocked after disocvering a raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth during a drug bust in Ohio.

Springfield Township Police Officer Austin Branham conducted a routine traffic stop when he notcied a raccoon with a meth pipe in its mouth.

The shocking discovery led Officer Branham to search 55-year-old Victoria Vidal’s vehicle.

After the search, Officer Branham discovered methamphetamine, crack cocaine, and three methamphetamine pipes.

The Springfield Police Departmnet in a statement shared, “While our officers are trained to expect the unexpected, finding a raccoon holding a meth pipe is a first!”

The raccoon was not harmed during the search, and the Springfield Police Department reported Vidal did have the proper documentation needed to legally own the raccoon.

Take a look:

Cop Caught This Raccoon Smoking Meth During A Traffic Stop In Ohio! pic.twitter.com/GCLF9GKtY6

— copenjoyer (@copenjoyer) May 6, 2025

Raccoon smoking a Meth pipe
Officer took the first one he pulls out a second one hahahaha

Evolution!! pic.twitter.com/EGCpQakFN4

— Ganja Soup (@GanjaSoup1) May 7, 2025

Per CBS:

An officer in central Ohio encountered a pet racoon while conducting a traffic stop earlier this week. The animal, named “Chewy,” had a glass methamphetamine pipe in its mouth and was sitting in the driver’s seat of a car that the officer had pulled over, police said.

The discovery led Springfield Township Police Officer Austin Branham, who conducted the traffic stop, to search the vehicle more thoroughly. He and other officers found methamphetamine, crack cocaine and three used methamphetamine pipes elsewhere in the car, according to the Springfield Township Police Department.

The vehicle was pulled over because its registered owner had an active warrant and a suspended driver’s license, the department said. Law enforcement arrested and charged the owner of the car, 55-year-old Victoria Vidal, with drug possession and three counts of drug paraphernalia and cited her for driving under suspension, the police department said. Vidal may face more charges for crack cocaine possession, depending on the outcome of lab results still to come from the state Bureau of Criminal Investigation.

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The raccoon was not harmed, police said, and officers confirmed Vidal has the documents needed to legally own the animal. (In Ohio, people are allowed to have pet raccoons, but the process to keep them domestically is highly regulated and certain permits are required.)

Springfield police released body camera video of the traffic stop, which shows Chewy emerging from the car.

“While our officers are trained to expect the unexpected, finding a raccoon holding a meth pipe is a first!” the department said.

Raccoon tries smoking meth pipe during traffic stop arrest https://t.co/psmqyDK80z pic.twitter.com/6dilqYpxts

— New York Post (@nypost) May 7, 2025

Here’s what The Sun reported:

This is the moment police spotted a raccoon sitting with a meth pipe in its mouth during a routine traffic stop.

The discovery of “Chewy” the raccoon in Ohio led to the unearthing of a large drug supply linked to the driver.

The bizarre scene was caught on police body cam footage, which shows the wide-eyed, unfazed raccoon, rummaging through the wrecked car and curiously taking a puff from the meth pipe.

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Springfield police said: “Chewy had somehow gotten hold of a glass methamphetamine pipe, leading officers to further inspect the vehicle.”

They added: “Thankfully, Chewy the raccoon was unharmed, and notification was made to the proper authorities to determine that [the owner] has the proper paperwork and documentation to own the raccoon.

“While our officers are trained to expect the unexpected, finding a raccoon holding a meth pipe is a first!