A UK father of two said he found four tablets, which police say is likely ecstasy, within a used Grand Theft Auto game that he purchased at a Gamestation in the county of Gloucestershire. Richard Thornhill, 34, found the pills wrapped in plastic and hidden inside the instruction manual of one of two unspecified GTA games when he returned home from the store, reports the Telegraph. While still shocked at the incident, Thornhill was thankful the pills were discovered by him, dreading to think "what the consequences" would be, had his children found it.
In the wake of the strange discovery, Gamestation reps maintain the company's policy is for staff to follow "rigorous procedures" when accepting trades. Perhaps the new company policy would add a four-legged employee into the mix to sniff out any future issues. Both Gamestation and the Gloucestershire Police are investigating the incident.
[Via GamePolitics]
Reader Comments (72)
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 6:23PM HighFiveJesus said
Fixin to be a lot better man!
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 7:01PM Discotheque said
It was meant to come with the game. Just put on the electro station in GTA IV, throw those pills in your mouth and rave on.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 7:02PM krash411 said
If Gamestation is like Gamestop they screwed up! They're supposed to give you drugs after raping you on your trade ins! What??? only 9 dollars for Halo 3? Dude you're selling it for 55 !!! Oh free ecstacy? ok then...
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 7:37PM ChiTownRuler23 said
i think some one picked up the wrong dead drop video game box.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 8:36PM (Unverified) said
1000$ says he had them there himself to set himself ready for a law suit ZZZ
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 9:54PM Alphathon said
If this were in the US maybe. While it's not beyond the relms of belief, it seems unlikely. We have far less of a suing culture over here (although it is getting bigger unfortunatelly). Of course you always get the odd idiot who does something like that.
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Posted: Apr 8th 2009 8:42PM phizzyphizzy said
If any of you actually believe that the drugs were in the game box, then I'm very disappointed in you. The guy obviously got caught with the tablets by his wife, then had to come up with a story on the spot. Got blown out of proportion by his wife phoning a newspaper and him having to continue telling his stupid story to them and the police.
When you buy a used game from Gamestation, they take the disc and instruction manual out of a drawer and put them in the box you pass to them off the shelf. There's no way that stuff would still be in there from a traded in game. If it were able to just 'fall out' of the box it would've done so a long time before the guy got the game home.
When you buy a used game from Gamestation, they take the disc and instruction manual out of a drawer and put them in the box you pass to them off the shelf. There's no way that stuff would still be in there from a traded in game. If it were able to just 'fall out' of the box it would've done so a long time before the guy got the game home.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 9:24PM ptc said
Sweet pic of Slater!
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 9:30PM (Unverified) said
All the more reason retailers need to dump the PS2 and the Gamecube.
Poor people tend to keep these older systems far longer than they should and you end up in situations like this.
Poor people tend to keep these older systems far longer than they should and you end up in situations like this.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 9:42PM F1 Basu Gasu Bakuhatsu said
This wasn't an accident. This is Gamestop's way of getting into the drug trade.
Posted: Apr 8th 2009 9:43PM Ninbrendo said
"She can't help taking the drugs on a Saturday night. She can't help being a slut on a Sat-ur-day niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!"
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 12:57AM El Stefio said
I've got that hat.
I don't have that hair though.
I don't have that hair though.
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 1:20AM abe200x said
oh man that photo made me laugh
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 1:33AM (Unverified) said
I don't find this hard to believe. I bought "The Getaway" for ps2 from Gamestop (is Gamestation the UK version?) and in the manual was a pornographic dvd. Pretty crappy if I remember correctly but still I don't think they always do the best checking on their games or their manuals if I can find something like that.
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 2:42AM (Unverified) said
"Catch ya later!"
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 8:31AM Skytwin said
I love the fact it happened in Cheltenham (where i live).
Attempting to get pills is a nightmare normally, lucky bastard.
Personally, I'm calling fake on this though.
Attempting to get pills is a nightmare normally, lucky bastard.
Personally, I'm calling fake on this though.
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 10:54AM rbtroj said
Let me just join with anyone else here who is thinking, "yeah ... riiiiiiight."
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 11:02AM jumpshot said
Hmm.... must have been a pre-order bonus that the previous owner didnt see.
Posted: Apr 9th 2009 4:14PM (Unverified) said
What concerns me is that the media is completely ignoring the fact that an 18-rated game was bought for a 12-year old, and the dad thinks he's in the right. As the law states, it's an offence to *supply* an 18-rated product to someone under that age. See the Video Recordings Act 1984, section 11.1.
Now who's betting the father doesn't get fined or prosecuted? :/
Now who's betting the father doesn't get fined or prosecuted? :/




