Cocaine stash found behind sports complex

WASILLA — It’s not every day you come across $1,450 worth of cocaine in the woods.

But, according to a Wasilla Police Department press statement, that’s exactly what two youngsters found behind the Curtis D. Menard Memorial Sports Center on Friday.

Acting Wasilla Police Chief Craig Robinson said there wasn’t a whole lot to report on the matter.

“They turned it in to dad, who called the police,” Robinson said. “It appeared to be packaged for sale.”

The powder weighed in at 14.5 grams and tested positive as cocaine. Alaska State Troopers with drug enforcement experience have, in previous interviews, put the street value of cocaine at $100 a gram.