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<p>ALLENTOWN &#8212; A New York man who spent 29 days in jail after Pennsylvania state police mistook homemade soap for cocaine has filed a lawsuit.</p><p><a href="http://bit.ly/1l2xpZl" target="_blank">The Morning Call reports</a> Alexander Bernstein says he had to pay thousands of dollars in court costs and missed Thanksgiving with his toddler before the charges were dropped. He&#8217;s seeking damages exceeding $150,000. State troopers and the field test manufacturer are named in the suit filed last week.</p><p>Bernstein was a passenger in a Mercedes-Benz police pulled over for speeding near Allentown in November 2013.</p><p>Troopers smelled marijuana, searched the car and found packages the driver said was homemade soap, but tested as cocaine. Lab tests later showed it was soap.</p><p>The driver was charged with marijuana possession and speeding.</p><p>State police declined to comment.</p><style>
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Man arrested after police mistook homemade soap for cocaine sues state troopers