CARETON, New Zealand, May 20 (UPI) -- An inebriated New Zealander apparently didn't notice the police officer standing behind him when he tried to use marijuana to pay at a convenience store.

Wade Churchward, 28, was busted in late March in Careton when he got to the counter, realized he had no cash, and offered the attendant his stash of 21 grams of marijuana in exchange for the bag of chips and two packs of M-and-Ms.

Unfortunately for Churchward, who reportedly had been drinking, a Kiwi cop was behind him in line at the time and made probably the easiest drug bust of his career.

The Wellington Dominion Post said Churchward pleaded guilty Monday to a drug possession charge and was scheduled to be sentenced in July.