Bag of cannabis and cash accidentally donated to NZ charity shop
Two teenagers have been arrested after inadvertently leaving the knapsack for staff to find.
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Two teenagers have been arrested after inadvertently leaving the knapsack for staff to find.
Two teenagers were arrested after a bag containing cannabis and cash was left outside an op shop in Southland and mistaken for a donation last month.
Two teenagers mistakenly left a knapsack containing marijuana and cash at a New Zealand charity shop, then returned in a panic to retrieve the bag, police said Monday.
Police in New Zealand say a knapsack left in a donation area at a charity shop contained marijuana and more than $2,000 in cash.
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