Possible pot finding leads store to pull bags of chips
By TOM ALEX
Register Staff Writer
06/30/2003
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The Git-N-Go Convenience Store at 1240 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines has removed Uncle Ray's garlic-flavored potato chips from the shelves while police determine whether a leafy substance found inside one of the bags is marijuana.
Lois Campbell of the Oakridge Neighborhood discovered a small bag within a bag Saturday and called police about 11:45 a.m.
"We were eating a few of the chips, and I was about to give some to a 3-year-old child," Campbell, 42, recalled. "I thought it was a little bag of seasoning inside. When I saw what it was, I called the police."
A police report says the contents of the smaller "heat sealed" bag smelled like marijuana. Officers questioned everyone in the house and those who were in the area at the time. Witnesses said Campbell had an "astonished look" on her face when she took a whiff of the substance in the potato chip bag.
The chips and leafy substance were collected as evidence.
Officers drove to the Git-N-Go on Keosauqua Way and spoke with Mandi Lockridge, the manager. She said she didn't know what the leafy substance was but would keep the rest of the bags off the shelves until more was known.
The chips are made in Detroit, Lockridge said. "To find out what was in there, they will have to trace it back to Detroit," she said.
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By TOM ALEX
Register Staff Writer
06/30/2003
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The Git-N-Go Convenience Store at 1240 Keosauqua Way in Des Moines has removed Uncle Ray's garlic-flavored potato chips from the shelves while police determine whether a leafy substance found inside one of the bags is marijuana.
Lois Campbell of the Oakridge Neighborhood discovered a small bag within a bag Saturday and called police about 11:45 a.m.
"We were eating a few of the chips, and I was about to give some to a 3-year-old child," Campbell, 42, recalled. "I thought it was a little bag of seasoning inside. When I saw what it was, I called the police."
A police report says the contents of the smaller "heat sealed" bag smelled like marijuana. Officers questioned everyone in the house and those who were in the area at the time. Witnesses said Campbell had an "astonished look" on her face when she took a whiff of the substance in the potato chip bag.
The chips and leafy substance were collected as evidence.
Officers drove to the Git-N-Go on Keosauqua Way and spoke with Mandi Lockridge, the manager. She said she didn't know what the leafy substance was but would keep the rest of the bags off the shelves until more was known.
The chips are made in Detroit, Lockridge said. "To find out what was in there, they will have to trace it back to Detroit," she said.
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