Michael Whitty, from Liverpool, was nabbed at Manchester Airport after sniffer dogs got a whiff (no pun intended) of his illegal stash which included cocaine, ecstasy and ketamine. The 25-year-old chocolate-filled bloke was stopped by UK Border Force officers as he waited to board his flight to a bender.

Archive link (original but it’s the Daily Star)

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    10 months ago

    On UKPol, we have a “reputable source” rule, which is often a good guide. People tend to interpret it as “not the daily mail/star/express/s*n”.
    Though I guess it can be less serious over here. Maybe a “try to find a non-crap source, otherwise archive.is/screenshot.

    Sunday Sport, for example, home of the creme-egg-bum-man:

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      10 months ago

      It was originally in the Liverpool Echo but for an And Finally… I tend to pick the source with the best headline.

      And that Sunday Sport story is a favourite for circulating on WhatsApp at Easter.