He shifted gears!
A thief stealing a automobile on Cape Cod, Mass. discovered a kilo of cocaine within the trunk and received so spooked, he reported it to cops — who then busted the supplier it belonged to, in response to police.
The would-be-crook informed cops he was attempting to swipe a Kia parked in a commuter lot in Hyannis on Jan. 6, when he found the enormous bundle of coke and “received scared,” Barnstable Police informed The Boston Globe.
The felonious flip-flopper, who was not recognized, first pried open the automobile’s steering column with a screwdriver however couldn’t get the experience to begin, so he popped the trunk to search for valuables, in response to the paper.
When he noticed the bundle of medication — marked with the picture of Bugs Bunny chomping a carrot — he turned spooked by the obvious chance of operating afoul of a supplier and notified police, in response to cops.
He initially lied to police, saying he discovered the coke on the aspect of a highway, then confessed to the true story, in response to cops. It wasn’t instantly clear if police filed prices towards him.
Officers then arrange a digicam close to the automobile and on Jan. 8 busted Edward Gillespie, 62, for trafficking the medicine from Hyannis to Nantucket, police mentioned in a assertion.
Cops in the end seized 1,141 grams of cocaine — properly over a kilo — together with 68 grams of amphetamine tablets, and roughly $10,000 in money.
