Dwayne Earl Anthony Etzel was arrested on drug possession charges after a police officer caught him pedaling on a bicycle with three uprooted marijuana plants under his arm.

Police spotted Etzel, 18, biking in the early evening Monday with what is described as a "big smile" on his face.

Eugene Narcotics Detective Scott Vinje, says he pulled up alongside the peddler and ordered him to stop.

That's when Etzel allegedly threw the marijuana plants at the officer's car and raced away. After catching up with him, the officer used pepper spray control the slow smuggler.