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By Mihar Dias (C) Copyright June 2023
Early this morning (June 1), an old schoolmate forwarded a message about an attempted scam that failed because he trusted his instinct. Below, we reproduced his story in full, making minor editorial changes for grammar and spelling mistakes.
On my way home today at around 8:15 pm, as soon as I took a right turn...a policeman signalled me to stop.
When I stopped, and he asked me to open the trunk of the car. I opened the trunk from inside and was about to step down, but the policeman said, “Ok Ok u may go.”
I started my car and drove on, but something struck my mind, as from my rear view mirror, I saw one of the policemen went immediately on his hand phone.
I drove on a bit further and stopped underneath a street light. Switching off the engine, I went and opened my car trunk.
Guess what.... I was shocked to see two small zip lock pouches with white crystals inside. I was numbed but quickly decided to throw them away and thanked God for saving me from such rascals who would have caught me in a drug related case.
The policemen must have informed their Bhai standing at the next checkpoint to get hold of the so and so car number.
I was correct in my guess. Approximately half a mile later, I was stopped by another policeman. This time, too, I was asked to open my trunk.
But this time, I got down and opened the trunk physically myself. I'm sure they must have been puzzled and surprised when they did not find anything inside the trunk.
The victim of this case cautioned, "Please don’t open your car trunk from inside, for anyone, even at Malls. Always step down and open the trunk with keys and permit searching under your own supervision."
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