Ecstasy Pills Found In GTA IV Game
Apparently a UK man, Richard Thornhill, found ecstasy pills inside the cover of a Grand Theft Auto IV Xbox 360 game after he bought it from Gamestation in Cheltenham, England. The man was distraught after letting his 13 year old son play the game. Gamestation originally told the man to flush the drugs down the toilet.
Thornhill said, “I was going to put it away and I felt a lump on the front cover. Inside the instruction booklet was a ball of Shrinkwrap, or Clingfilm. I thought it was just a ball of clingfilm, but then I realized there were tablets inside. I instantly felt sick. They had Mitsubishi signs on them, which I recalled meant they were ecstasy pills. I wasn’t 100% sure though, so I checked online and sure enough I was right – it was ecstasy.”
The authorities eventually got involved and collected the pills.
A Gamestation spokesman said: “We have rigorous procedures for accepting pre-owned titles and checking them before they are put back on sale. We have launched an investigation and will work closely with Cheltenham police to find out what happened.”
I find it funny that the father actually recognized what a “Mitsubishi” sign meant.
Source: BBC; Ecstasy pills found in X-Box game
April 11, 2009 at 7:26 pm | Misc, Xbox | No Comments