Authorities in Oregon said a man's "own personal drug dog" took a sock filled with marijuana and hashish and threw it out of his window during a traffic stop.

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Sherman County sheriff's Sgt. John Terrel said he pulled over a 1998 pickup truck with California plates just before noon Feb. 9 in Moro and noticed a sock fly out of the vehicle's window, KGW-TV, Portland, Ore., reported Wednesday.

Terrel said the driver, identified as Joel Dobrin, 32, told him he was trying to put the sock away during the traffic stop when his dog, a pit bull mix, grabbed onto it and attempted to play a game of tug-of-war. Dobrin said the dog managed to take the sock and tossed it out the window.

"I wish everyone traveled with their own personal drug dog. It sure would make our job easier," Sherman County Sheriff Brad Lohrey said.

Dobrin was charged with possession of a controlled substance.