An alleged drug dealer became unstuck during a police roadside stop when a woman interrupted and asked if she could buy cocaine from the driver.
Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command posted about the incident on Facebook.
Officers said plain-clothed detectives intercepted the 26-year-old man's car along Gould Street, a one-way road in Bondi, after he was allegedly spotted using his mobile phone and driving the wrong way just before midnight on April 20.
"While speaking to the nervous driver who kept fidgeting with his phone, a woman also approached the vehicle and interrupted detectives' conversation," police said.
Police claim she told them she needed to speak to the driver because she wanted to buy cocaine.