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Updated 8.13 pm
GARDAÍ IN WEST Dublin have seized ecstasy tablets believed to be worth about €380,000.
The drugs were discovered last night when gardaí carried out a planned raid of a premises in Oak Rise in Clondalkin.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at the scene and is currently being held at Clondalkin garda station. He will appear before Blanchardstown District Court on Monday morning.
The drugs, which appear to be the ‘Blue Ghost’ variety, have been sent by gardai for chemical analysis.
Along with the ecstasy tablets, a small quantity of cocaine and other drug paraphernalia was also seized during the search.
The seizure comes in the same week the government was forced to introduce emergency legislation to reclassify ecstasy as illegal.
When I used to do ‘Words with Friends’ I was regularly targeted by ‘widowed’ men (who’d all lost their spouse tragically) and also had some high flying job in the army or a multi national oil company. They all tended to look like catalogue models. For added pathos there was sometimes a disabled or dying child in case the heart strings needed that extra tug.
The dead give away was the gushing compliments based on my poor, pixelated profile pic and their inability to construct any word longer than 4 letters.( If you’re using a word game for your scamming you should at least attempt to appear literate)
It was fun stringing them along for a few games then revealing that I worked for the police (I don’t). Puffff! They vanished into thin air!
@Liz O’Neill: lol
Why on earth would you give money to someone never met in person??
@Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown: Have you ever heard of the Catholic Church?
@Pablo Rojas Coppari: I am sorry, but this is not an excuse for being gullible.
@Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown: marriage…
@Dr. Emmett Lathrop Brown: it doesn’t happen in one conversation. By the time they’re giving money, thy have developed a bond with the person and want to help them. Loneliness, naivety and kindness aren’t things to scorn. It’s just very sad that they get exploited. And no, I’m not speaking from personal experience as I’m a very cynical and suspicious person. But I do know ppl it has happened to and in all cases it happened because they were lonely, shy and kind and simply couldn’t imagine what kind of person would tell these kinds of lies and steal.
Love is not free, in face-to-face encounters or online.
Facebook is riddled with the chancers, replying to women’s posts and pretending they’re someone they’re not. I saw a real howler a couple of weeks ago, and even kept a screenshot of the profile. It was supposed to be someone called Daven Burr, who was listed as an American army commander in Syria. It said that he lives in Ohio and that he’s from Texas. The photo of the “single” bloke shows an Australian serviceman standing in front of an Australian flag. He did have Burr on his uniform though, so that bit was authentic. It’s as plain as day that these people are scammers, but it must pay off occasionally when some gullible eejit falls for the bs.
@E.J. Murray: — I can’t believe the page still exists :p https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100029135868007
@E.J. Murray: He’s a man of many talents. Fluent in Thai apparently!
@Liz O’Neill: — Yes, he’s a real catch :P
The real guy is, Lieutenant General Rick Burr.
According to Google, and with a similar photo :-
Lieutenant General Burr assumed command of the Australian Army on 2 July 2018. He joined the Army in 1982, graduating from the Royal Military College at Duntroon in 1985 to the Royal Australian Infantry Corps.
What kind of amoeba would buy into that scam????
@Nora McElhinney: victim blaming is not appropriate
@Nora McElhinney: obviously it’s happening so why make a statement like that? These people target emotionally vulnerable people and are very sophisticated at pulling the right strings. They target thousands of people no doubt and why only need to be lucky a few times for it to be profitable.
@Nora McElhinney: Its called being niave. Lots of people believe in god too, but nobody calls them stupid, crazy as that is.
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