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'Huge Drugs Bust' Seized at London's Gatwick Airport found to be Vegan Cake Mix

posted by martyb on Monday September 02 2019, @05:00AM   Printer-friendly
from the let-them-eat-cake...mix dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/london-gatwick-drug-bust-cake-scli-intl/index.html

Bags of white powder seized as part of a "huge drugs bust" at London's Gatwick Airport actually contained vegan cake ingredients, the British Transport Police said.

A member of staff at Purezza, a vegan restaurant with stores in London and Brighton, was transporting a suitcase filled with bags of cake mix when it was seized by police Wednesday afternoon.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 02 2019, @12:48PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 02 2019, @12:48PM (#888800)

    Drug cartels are well known to use lots of decoy shipments, including unsuspecting travelers.
    Tthe cheapest and safest way to divide law enforcement resources, erode their morale and discredite the police.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 02 2019, @03:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 02 2019, @03:55PM (#888859)

    I remember there was a law in a state I once lived in which criminalized representing something as a drug even if it wasn't. That is, it was supposed to make decoy drug deals illegal and took away the defense, "Hey, it was actually only Oregano [or flour or baking soda.]" Wonder how widespread that is (and fortunately don't have to know anything about it).