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  "description": "Dropping off the wrong bag was just the start of their misfortunes.",
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  "textContent": "As Daddy Cool sang, in a tune that inexplicably failed to get as much airplay as “Eagle Rock”, _Make your stash, be careful when you do._ If only some Southland teens had heeded such advice.\n\n> Two teenagers mistakenly left a knapsack containing marijuana and cash at a donation area outside a New Zealand charity shop then returned in a panic to retrieve the bag, police said Monday.\n\nGoing back was their second mistake. As the Daddy Cool song continued, _They’ve got dogs, I hear that they can smell right through plastic bags and things you think will do, and they’ve got men in blue_.\n\n> A volunteer at the store noticed a pungent aroma before opening the knapsack and finding plastic bags of marijuana amounting to 1.5 ounces and 3,700 New Zealand dollars ($2,200) in banknotes, New Zealand Police said in a statement.\n>\n> Using marijuana recreationally and selling the drug are illegal in New Zealand. Some medical use is allowed with a doctor’s prescription.\n>\n> Police said the episode happened Feb 18 in the Southland region of the South Island. A spokesperson wouldn’t give more details of the shop’s location to protect staff.\n>\n> The boy and girl had left the knapsack outside the shop as they waited for their vehicle to be serviced at a nearby shop, the police statement said. Officers were called after the agitated teens returned to the store.\n\nAt which point their day just kept getting better.\n\n> Police found an air pistol – which those under 18 can’t possess without a license and adult supervision – a police scanner and more cash in the teens’ car. It’s not illegal to have a police scanner in New Zealand, but distributing or acting on information heard is a crime.\n\n> “The quick and calm actions of the shop’s staff allowed for a rapid response from police and a great outcome in recovering drugs, a weapon, a scanner, and a total of $4510 [NZ] from illegal activity,” police said. “Not a bad day at the shop.”\n\nJust think, some lucky customer could have made out like a bandit when they bought an old backpack for a few bucks.\n\n* * *\n\n💡\n\n****If you enjoyed this article please share it using the share buttons at the top or bottom of the article.****",
  "title": "When You Drop Your Stash off at the Op Shop",
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