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Be careful what you tweet for.

A drug-soliciting Mr. Lube employee has been fired after York Regional Police responded to his pleas for a ‘spliff’ on Twitter.

First came the tweet from @Sunith_DB8R, identified in news reports as Sunith Baheerathan: “Any dealers in Vaughan wanna make a 20sac chop? Come to Keele/Langstaff Mr. Lube, need a spliff.” In drug parlance, he was requesting a small quantity of marijuana.

Then came the response from the official York Regional Police Twitter account: “Awesome! Can we come too?”

The tweet quickly went viral, with York police retweeting to businessman Jim Treliving, who is on Mr. Lube’s board of directors.