York Regional Police are advising people to be careful about what they put out on social media, especially if it’s illegal.

Around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning a young man tweeted he was looking to purchase pot. The man even included his location in Vaughan and how much he was looking to spend.

About an hour and half later York Regional Police replied to his tweet with ”Awesome. Can we come too?”

Awesome! Can we come too? MT @Sunith_DB8R Any dealers in Vaughan wanna make a 20sac chop? Come to Keele/Langstaff Mr. Lube, need a spliff. — York Regional Police (@YRP) August 13, 2013

And then a follow-up tweet from police that read:

If you shouted on a busy street corner about illegal activity & we drove by, we’d intervene. Think of Twitter as a virtual street corner. — York Regional Police (@YRP) August 13, 2013

Constable Blair McQuillan said they came across the tweet with some help from social monitoring tools.

“Whether you’re saying something on social media or you’re saying something face to face with a person, whatever you’re saying you’re still held accountable for,” McQuillan told 680News.

“One, getting our message out there and two, making sure people know they’re responsible for what they say and how they act, both in reality and virtual reality.”

The original tweet by police has since generated over 2,000 retweets and over 1,300 favourites.

The gentleman whose tweet initiated the response has since admitted on the social networking site that it was a “stupid move.”

Police have not laid any charges in the incident.

With files from CityNews