Store Accidentally Sells Peppers Stuffed With Cocaine
We love chile rellenos, but this is just silly. A store in NYC sold peppers stuffed with cocaine to three different customers, none of whom knew they were getting a little something extra in their produce.
The store owners told police that the peppers were imported from South America and that they had no idea what was inside.
COKE STASHED IN DOCTORED PEPPER [Who Else But The New York Post]
(Photo:Mr. Oliver)
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Imagine eating that laced pepper,while having a toilet stall fall on you while applying toxic makeup?
"doctored pepper" made me chortle. Let's hear it for good puns!
I guess the plan was to smuggle the peppers over the border and then...take off with the truck and crack them open later...
Also, kudos to the "doctored pepper" headline, NY Post.
How many more people got them and stayed quiet? I don't know about you but if I got some free cocaine in my pepper I'd say it was an early Christmas present for some of my no good friends.
You'd think the extra weight would've made the customers suspicious...
@cuchanu: "hey bill, yeah, I just found this mysterious white powder in a pepper I bought, why don't you ingest it and let me know it goes."
And at 1.99 a pound, a wicked bargain.
I'm predicting a run on peppers this week
It is hard to argue this is a fraud on the consumer. Jabberkaty is right, at 1.99 this is a real bargain. If we were less scrupulous it would make the morning deals.
"Hint hint, Go buy peppers. Now!"
I bet they sold to more than three customers, the others just had enough sense to keep the goods!
@WiglyWorm: I can't believe the New York Post made that pun. It's hardly scandalous or in bad taste at all.
another reason to love peppers
@joe18521: Yeah, really. You want to buy the firmest, lightest pepper you can find -- you pay by the pound after all, and the heavy ones are (usually) just filled with seeds that you throw away.
Maybe people will start buying heavy peppers now, hoping for a prize inside.
Btw, Win on the Chile Rellenos comment. Apparently, an editor on the Consumerist knows way better places to find them than I do. I need to start asking around for the "good" ones.
See, it's stories like this that make not understand all the "This story has to be fake or exaggerated" comments. Cocaine is found in produce but people can't believe that a retail employee would insult a customer unprovoked.
Also, how the heck to you get cocaine into a pepper and not leave any visible damage? This worries me...
Tomacco has a new competitor.
Why are they complaining? Everyone wants something free these days, then when they get something that can be resold on the streets for a ton more than they paid for the pepper, they complain! *SIGH* I give up!
She's alright,
She's alright,
She's alright...
That explains why, while making stir-fry the other night, I felt invincible, grabbed my painball gun, and screamed, "SAY HELLO TO MY LITTLE FRIEND!!". On the plus side, I had a lot of energy for clean up!
Now we know how The City That Never Sleeps earns its reputation.
Although, I suppose an eight-ball of coca does sooth chili burn better than a cold glass of milk. Curse Mom for not letting me in on this household tip!
Man, put these together with some Tomacco, and you could make the most bitchin' salsa ever.
some people have all the luck.... o_O
I doubt they'll be charged with anything. No one would sell so much cocaine for the price of a pepper. That either completely absolves the vendor, or puts them on a very short list of stupidest criminals. =/
@PirateCaptain_GitEmSteveDave:
Painball sounds far more harsh than paintball, like dodgeball with a mace.
I wonder whether the store repackaged the peppers in new shrink wrap to sell them as new.
@me: kidding, obviously.
A year or two ago (maybe) there was a major drug ring that was offering up drugs in bodegas when people ordered cold cuts.
@Rectilinear Propagation: Just cut the pepper around where existing damage or marks are, or in a pattern typical of common damage. Apply glue to seal it back up so it doesn't come open on its own.
Nobody happened to catch the address?
1.) Sell $2 peppers stuffed with hundreds of dollars of blow
2.) ???
3.) PROFIT!
This is clearly the customer's fault. Who doesn't split open each and every bell pepper in the store before they buy it? I always do, he says with more than a hint of smugness.
j/k :)
@cuchanu:
You could consider a stimulus package, and make a little extra cash with it. Damn, why can't I ever get that lucky?
Of course if I did, I would be the one cuffed and stuffed for selling it.
Something tells me a store employee or owner was dealing. Nice defense -- those peppers came from south america, we know nothing about em. right
I'll bet they sold more than three.
That would kinda suck if you had past charges for possession.