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# When You Drop Your Stash off at the Op Shop
- URL: https://goodoil.news/when-you-drop-your-stash-off-at-the-op-shop/
- Published: 2026-03-11T20:00:41.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-11T20:00:40.000Z
- Description: Dropping off the wrong bag was just the start of their misfortunes.
- Author: Lushington Brady
- Tags: NZ

As Daddy Cool sang, in a tune that inexplicably failed to get as much airplay as “Eagle Rock”, *Make your stash, be careful when you do.* If only some Southland teens had heeded such advice.

> [Two teenagers mistakenly](https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2026/03/teens-mistakenly-donate-bag-with-weed-cash-to-charity.html?ref=goodoil.news) left a knapsack containing marijuana and cash at a donation area outside a New Zealand charity shop then returned in a panic to retrieve the bag, police said Monday.

Going back was their second mistake. As the Daddy Cool song continued, *They’ve got dogs, I hear that they can smell right through plastic bags and things you think will do, and they’ve got men in blue*.

> A volunteer at the store noticed a pungent aroma before opening the knapsack and finding plastic bags of marijuana amounting to 1.5 ounces and 3,700 New Zealand dollars ($2,200) in banknotes, New Zealand Police said in a statement.  
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> Using marijuana recreationally and selling the drug are illegal in New Zealand. Some medical use is allowed with a doctor’s prescription.  
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> Police said the episode happened Feb 18 in the Southland region of the South Island. A spokesperson wouldn’t give more details of the shop’s location to protect staff.  
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> The boy and girl had left the knapsack outside the shop as they waited for their vehicle to be serviced at a nearby shop, the police statement said. Officers were called after the agitated teens returned to the store.

At which point their day just kept getting better.

> Police found an air pistol – which those under 18 can’t possess without a license and adult supervision – a police scanner and more cash in the teens’ car. It’s not illegal to have a police scanner in New Zealand, but distributing or acting on information heard is a crime.

> [“The quick and calm actions](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/03/09/new-zealand-teens-arrested-backpack-marijuana-cash/89073316007/?ref=goodoil.news) of the shop’s staff allowed for a rapid response from police and a great outcome in recovering drugs, a weapon, a scanner, and a total of $4510 \[NZ\] from illegal activity,” police said. “Not a bad day at the shop.”

Just think, some lucky customer could have made out like a bandit when they bought an old backpack for a few bucks.

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