What's in YOUR flashlight? :P

[chickensducks&agoose]

My father went to the goodwill in Albuquerque, and ended up buying a big 'ol maglite flashlight for $1.95. He took it home, checked the bulb, then opened the back end to take out the old batteries (it wasn't lighting up)... and it was FULL of white powder. so he screwed the back back on, and drove down to the police station (a block and a half away) and said "hey, i bought this flashlight at goodwill, and it's full of white powder." the cop gave him a skeptical look, and said "It's just corrosion of old batteries. Happens all the time" and my dad was like "No, it's packed full of powder, no batteries at all" so they took the flashlight and tested it, and it was full of METH. GROSS!!! and my dad didn't get his money back or anything!

 

[thechickenchick]

 

[VictoriaTwead]

WOW! What a story! I'm lost for words...

Victoria

 

[Egg_newton]

That crazy drug smuggler. Bet he's kicking himself/herself right about now.

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

LOL! They probably forgot where they had put their stash.

 

[Chicksdigit]

Your Dad should have dumped out the powder, ( Maybe flushed it) cleaned out the flashlight and put batteries in it It did no good to turn it in to the police since it was from a Goodwill. At least he would have kept his Maglight

 

[chickensducks&agoose]

Well, they can probably recover prints from inside... and anyway, lots of meth is highly toxic, not something you'd want to flush, or have on your hands or in your flashlight... and what was that saying again... 'only users lose drugs'?

 

[sune42]

Holy cow! Yes that much meth would be toxic, you wouldn't want to flush it. It was less than $2, so I gather your father isn't too upset. They may even give it back after checking for prints. My husband says he thinks it was someone that works at goodwill and your dad bought a flashlight meant for someone else. what a story to tell people!

 

[Imp]

It's so sad when a good Maglight goes bad.

Imp-

 

[CoopCrazy]

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