



Geplaatst door Adam Green op Donderdag 14 april 2016

Stoners looking for a quick, cheap fix could have done a lot worse than heading to the car park of a supermarket in New Zealand on Friday.

Shoppers at the New World supermarket in Turangi encountered an unexpected haze of marijuana-scented smoke, after police started burning an illegal haul of the drug that they had recently acquired.


We can only speculate as to whether the smoke gave shoppers a sudden urge to eat all the food that they had purchased – but the whole thing was captured by Adam Green, who posted a video on Facebook.

He said: ‘Man, does it smell like the old ganja over there. Here comes a good cloud wafting past now. I might just stand here for a moment.’



Others even joked about how they, or their children, had been affected by the smoke.

Maria Borum wrote: ‘Couldn’t believe it when I walked right by the police station and into the heavy smoke with my three-year-old son.

‘Maybe that’s why he slept so well last night.’

The incident occurred at New World supermarket (Picture: Adam Green/Facebook)

Another person rued a missed opportunity, saying: ‘They could’ve advertised – get stoned free in the car park.’

Police have since apologised for the green gaffe.

Taupo Area Commander Warwick Morehu said: ‘Unfortunately… given the conditions [and] the wind I understand the smoke did drift further than anticipated.

‘I apologise on my staff’s behalf to the community and we have already taken measures to change our practice and procedures going forward into the future.

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‘It is certainly not our intention to cause harm or alarm to our people in Turangi.’