(Radio Iowa) – A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than 15 years in prison after he was caught during a northeast Iowa traffic stop with three different kinds of illegal drugs in his vehicle. Thirty-five-year-old Brian Hale was pulled over in Dubuque County. Court records show a police dog sniffed drugs in the vehicle, despite Hale’s attempt to throw off the scent by sprinkling chili powder over the packages of drugs.

Hale pleaded guilty to distribution of meth and admitted he had meth as well as cocaine, marijuana and more than five-thousand dollars in cash in his vehicle.