14 DAY TRIAL // If it is indeed true that one must keep their friends close and their enemies closer, then marijuana traffickers worldwide might want to start following the Spanish police on Twitter without delay.
This is because, as proven by a recent incident, these folks are more than willing to teach people all about the best ways to smuggle drugs.
NY Daily News tells us that, not long ago, Spain's National Police was asked to share its thoughts on where to hide marijuana when attempting to illegally bring it aboard a plane.
Specifically, cultural magazine Jot Down wanted to know if maybe one should hide their stash in a carry-on bag, or if maybe abandoning it for a while in a checked luggage was the best thing to do.
The Spanish police did not answer this question per se, but it did say that, all things considered, what one needed to be really careful about was making sure that dogs working with authorities at airports could not pick up any trace of marijuana smell.
Writing on Twitter, the police went on to detail that, to make sure that dogs remained oblivious to that scent, one should transport the drug rolled up, and maybe hidden inside a regular cigarette pack.
“It's better if you have them rolled up and where the dogs can't detect them (a cigarette pack?),” Spain's National Police explained in its tweet.
Despite the mention that, should one choose to give marijuana smuggling a try, “You do risk a report for public consumption,” the online community did not take lightly to the piece of advice that the police was courteous enough to offer potential traffickers.
Shortly after people started complaining about this incident, the tweet was deleted, and replaced with the following message: “To avoid confusion, the possession or consumption of drugs in public places carries an administrative penalty.”
Spain's National Police also apologized for its being so quick to share its wisdom, and said that it was all a big mistake.