As we’ve seen time and again, drug dealers aren’t necessarily the shrewdest of criminals. Sure, they can make a living for a short while, but most of their ‘careers’ take a sharp turn for the worse, after they are inevitably caught by law enforcement. This process can obviously be expedited if of course, said criminal is completely and utterly incompetent, which was clearly the case of one U.K. drug dealer. Incompetence is one thing, but have you ever heard of a case where a drug dealer accidentally leads police to a $5,600 supply of weed?
His own supply, that is.
A Crime of Ignorance
38-year-old Wayne Hastie, a welder hailing from Bailey Place, Lossiemouth, was pulled over for a routine police check, where officers noticed his car was sporting a badly-balding tire. Hastie, who was visibly nervous at the time of the check, was fully compliant with all of the officers’ wishes.
As a result of his minuscule blunder, Hastie was set to be hit with a standard fine, and to be sent along. But as Hastine began to fill out arbitrary paperwork in the backseat of the police vehicle, he had realized that his cell phone remained in his car. For reasons unknown, Hastie wished to go collect his cellular device from the car before finishing the paperwork.
The officers complied and escorted him back to his vehicle—a standard procedure. But when they reached the car, the cops noticed something in the backseat. It was an enormous bag of cannabis resin, worth around £4,170 or over $5,600 in U.S. terms.
According to fiscal deputy Lisa Marshall, ten 100 gram bags were found in the backseat, along with two cell phones that uncovered a variety of drug deals over the