Passing the corner of a Pop-Tart off as crack cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent is a crime.

That's what happened to get one person wanted in the Southern Summer drug campaign arrested by the Halifax County Sheriff's Office.

Captain Anzell Harris said the corner of the popular breakfast pastry has the same off-white to beige color as crack.

Today Harris arrested Cameron Catrell Mitchell, 30, of Rocky Mount, at the sheriff's office, charging him with sell or deliver a counterfeit controlled substance and create a counterfeit controlled substance.

On June 19, during operation Southern Summer, Mitchell was making a delivery to a convenience store in the town of Halifax when he came in contact with an agent.

During the conversation Mitchell reportedly agreed to sell the agent crack cocaine that he claimed he had in his delivery truck. Mitchell went into the truck and gave the agent what he presented to be crack cocaine for $20.

After the purchase Mitchell left the convenience store. Agents field tested the evidence and it was negative for the presence of cocaine.

Agents went looking for the truck to identify the driver. Lieutenant Greg Richardson located the truck at Robbie’s Convenience Store on Highway 561 where Mitchell was identified.

Mitchell reportedly stated that he needed the money so he went into the truck and found a corner of a Pop-Tart and sold it to the agent as crack cocaine.

Mitchell was taken before the magistrate where he was given a $5,000 unsecured bond with an October 1 court date.

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction indicates that Mitchell has been convicted in Nash County on March 26, 2002 for possession of a controlled substance and July 24, 2002 for possession of schedule II controlled substance.