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

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: 3, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday September 02 2019, @03:57PM (5 children)

    by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday September 02 2019, @03:57PM (#888861) Journal

    If the CNN photo is real, and it might be, you too might wonder what the hell was in those bags until you got proof. (That is, if you care and feel it's OK to outlaw some nonprescription drugs.)

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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Monday September 02 2019, @05:56PM (4 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Monday September 02 2019, @05:56PM (#888901) Journal

    True but I think I might also actually test it before doing the whole chest thumping and Tarzan yell in front of the press.

    • (Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Monday September 02 2019, @08:21PM (2 children)

      by Grishnakh (2831) on Monday September 02 2019, @08:21PM (#888955)

      If you're expecting good common sense like that from American officers, you're delusional. And apparently, as we see here, the Brits aren't much different.

      • (Score: 2) by legont on Monday September 02 2019, @08:42PM (1 child)

        by legont (4179) on Monday September 02 2019, @08:42PM (#888964)

        Yep. Besides, it may qualify as "screaming fire in a theater". How dare the vegans were to put passengers in danger? What if police felt threatened and start live automatic fire at everybody? It is clearly an act of green terror.

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        • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday September 02 2019, @09:37PM

          by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday September 02 2019, @09:37PM (#888987) Journal

          Yep. Who knew that transporting a suitcase full of bags that look like cocaine might actually be stopped and tested to see if it was cocaine? Or that the restaurant involved has a great sense of humor about it and so did the police in responding to their post. Sheesh, the nerve of some people being all understanding instead of self-righteously angry.

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    • (Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Monday September 02 2019, @09:33PM

      by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us (6553) on Monday September 02 2019, @09:33PM (#888985) Journal

      I'm sorry, where did they thump their chests? Link please? TFA's twitter link states right up front that it turned out to be cake mix. Was there some other news source you have that relates they did a Tarzan yell?

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