Photo: Twitter / BTP Sussex
The British Transport Police is choosing to look on the bright and funny side of what they assumed was a “huge drug bust:” a suitcase packed with blue plastic bags with a white powder inside.
The incident happened last week, at London’s very busy Gatwick Airport, CNN confirms. The British Transport Police also tweeted about it, including a photo of the alleged drugs that were being transported by a staffer from Purezza, a vegan restaurant with establishments in Brighton and London.
At first sight, this did fit the bill: the drugs were stashed into blue plastic bags, which were packed in a suitcase. There were no labels and the staffer’s explanation seemed far-fetched enough to be fake. In the end, it turned out that he was telling the truth: he wasn’t hauling drugs, but flying with a transport of cake mix. Vegan, no less.
“huge drugs bust at Gatwick airport. In collaboration with @ukhomeoffice powders tested and discovered to be vegan cake ingredients. Please label your foods and bring samples of cakes next time you visit. #cakefine,” the BTP says on the official Twitter.
In response to those joking that all drug smugglers had to do to be let through to board a plane with a suitcase of drugs was to stick a “cake mix” label to the bags, the BTP stresses that all suspicious powders will be tested. Labeled or not – but labels do help.
“Officers were called to Gatwick Airport station at 1.34pm on August 28 after a suitcase was found containing 25 bags of powder,” the British Transport Police says in a statement for CNN. “Following a number of inquiries and tests, it was determined these bags of powder were cake ingredients for a vegan bakery. They were soon reunited with the owner, who has promised officers and staff a slice of cake in return.”
Also on Twitter, Purezza admitted to “having a hard time” with the cake mix transport and thanked the PTP for going easy on them. Officers are expected in Brighton for their free slice of vegan cake.
At first sight, this did fit the bill: the drugs were stashed into blue plastic bags, which were packed in a suitcase. There were no labels and the staffer’s explanation seemed far-fetched enough to be fake. In the end, it turned out that he was telling the truth: he wasn’t hauling drugs, but flying with a transport of cake mix. Vegan, no less.
“huge drugs bust at Gatwick airport. In collaboration with @ukhomeoffice powders tested and discovered to be vegan cake ingredients. Please label your foods and bring samples of cakes next time you visit. #cakefine,” the BTP says on the official Twitter.
In response to those joking that all drug smugglers had to do to be let through to board a plane with a suitcase of drugs was to stick a “cake mix” label to the bags, the BTP stresses that all suspicious powders will be tested. Labeled or not – but labels do help.
“Officers were called to Gatwick Airport station at 1.34pm on August 28 after a suitcase was found containing 25 bags of powder,” the British Transport Police says in a statement for CNN. “Following a number of inquiries and tests, it was determined these bags of powder were cake ingredients for a vegan bakery. They were soon reunited with the owner, who has promised officers and staff a slice of cake in return.”
Also on Twitter, Purezza admitted to “having a hard time” with the cake mix transport and thanked the PTP for going easy on them. Officers are expected in Brighton for their free slice of vegan cake.
@BTPSussex huge drugs bust at Gatwick airport. In collaboration with @ukhomeoffice powders tested and discovered to be vegan cake ingredients. Please label your foods and bring samples of cakes next time you visit. #cakefine pic.twitter.com/tmyuOI5rLw
— BTP Sussex (@BTPSussex) August 28, 2019
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