A 38-year-old Fort Pierce man who said he was carrying bubble gum in his sock was arrested after St. Lucie County Sheriff's investigators turned up baggies of cocaine there, according to a police report.

Derrick C. Anderson faces a felony possession of cocaine charge following the Wednesday afternoon incident.

Investigators said they stopped a white Ford in the area of Avenue O and North 12th Street after the front passenger was spotted not wearing a seatbelt.

Anderson appeared to be putting something under a seat and looked "very nervous," the report states.

A deputy patted him down and noted a bulge in his sock. Asked what was in his sock, Anderson said "bubble gum," according to the report.

A sock search turned up three small baggies of cocaine, authorities said.