The Daily BuzzYork Region Police give hilarious response to Twitter pot plea
A King City, Ont. man who tweeted a request for marijuana received a speedy reply on Tuesday — from police.
They just wanted to tag along.
Awesome! Can we come too? MT @Sunith_DB8R Any dealers in Vaughan wanna make a 20sac chop? Come to Keele/Langstaff Mr. Lube, need a spliff.
— York Regional Police (@YRP) August 13, 2013
To translate the jargon, Sunith Baheerathan asked if any dealers wanted to earn about $20 worth of marijuana because he needed a joint to help him through his work day.
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The joke reply from police, equivalent to a "we can hear you" and a wink from whichever cheeky communications officer was managing the account, has received more than 3,125 retweets. But it also lead Mr. Lube to fire the employee, according to a later tweet from Baheerathan.
@TJ_Meehan @JoeyLTS @selim_shehab @YRP Not tried.. Did. Just got the call of termination.
— Sunith Baheerathan (@Sunith_DB8R) August 13, 2013
York Regional Police defended the message later in the day with general advice about making smart decisions online.
If you shouted on a busy street corner about illegal activity & we drove by, we’d intervene. Think of Twitter as a virtual street corner.
— York Regional Police (@YRP) August 13, 2013
At the end an interesting day, a reminder to our tweeps: the Internet is a public forum #tweetsafe #tweetclassy #imagineyourmamareadingit
— York Regional Police (@YRP) August 13, 2013
Now remember kids, the York Regional Police are on the ball, and they're on Twitter too.
