Crime | Lindsay Lohan Cop Mistook LiLo's Coke for a Mint He threw away white powder before realizing mistake By Evann Gastaldo Posted Jun 30, 2010 9:10 AM CDT Copied Lindsay Lohan appears at her hearing inside a Beverly Hills, Calif., court, Friday, Oct. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) Combine “mysterious white substance” with “Lindsay Lohan” and what conclusions do you draw? Instead of the obvious, one California cop mistook the white powder—which he found on a folded Clinique sun care card in Lohan’s pocket during her 2007 DUI incident—for a crushed breath mint. It turned out to be cocaine, of course, but he had already thrown it away before realizing that and recovering it. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how LiLo spent just 84 minutes in jail for the DUI, TMZ theorizes. Thanks—most likely—to that evidence contamination, a plea bargain was quick to follow. Read These Next The 8 Democrats who bucked party on shutdown have something in common. Here's where things stand in the House ahead of shutdown vote. Hormone therapy for menopause was unfairly demonized, says the FDA. Merchants could slap new surcharges on certain credit card purchases. Report an error