Grassed up: hapless drug suspect's phone reveals stash to cops
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By AFP
Dec 14, 2020 in World
A suspected drug dealer stopped by British police caught a lucky break when they found nothing in his car -- until he pulled out his phone to access a translation app and inadvertently showed officers a video of his cannabis farm.
Police in Sunderland made a routine stop of a Mercedes car and noticed a strong smell of cannabis when they interviewed its driver and passenger, Northumbria Police said in a statement on Monday.
A search of the vehicle yielded nothing suspicious, but then one of the suspects, who did not speak English, gave the game away.