LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Twenty-seven-year-old Len Owen Myers fumbled with his meth trying to hide it from police late Tuesday and ended up blowing the amphetamine into two officers' faces, according to police.

An ambulance rushed the officers to a local hospital for treatment. Meanwhile, Myers, 1138 State St., Lafayette, went to jail on several preliminary charges, including carrying a handgun without a permit, illegal possession of a syringe, possession of marijuana, possession of synthetic marijuana, possession of methamphetamine, possession of LSD and dealing meth.

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Police noticed what looked like a drug deal in a parking lot at Ninth and Ferry streets about 11:25 p.m. Tuesday, so they followed the car, police said. When the license plates didn't match the car, police stopped the driver at 12th and Brown streets. 

All three people were removed from the car and a police dog indicated there might be drugs inside the car.

Detained near a police car, Myers appeared to be trying to ditch the meth, according to police. Officers grabbed him and tried to secure the meth, but it blew into the officers' faces, and they inhaled it, police said.

The officers were released from the hospital after treatment, police said.

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