Austin police charge man after finding crack

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Acting on a confidential tip, Austin police tracked down a man they believe deals crack cocaine and charged him with possession after finding 166 doses of the drug in his rectum.
A tipster told police in January that a man with a ‘very nice maroon vehicle’ was delivering ready-to-use crack to the 1100 block of Kirk Avenue. When they followed up on the tip, police saw the man, eventually identified during a traffic stop as Jim Thompson, 37, making several ha