What would you do?

rambutman · 29-04-2011 2:48pm #1

So I left my rucksack in a taxi in Dublin last week along with drivers license, a pretty expensive external HD, credit card and some other stuff including a bag a ganja worth about 150 euros. I'd be happy enough to say goodbye to almost everything bar the drivers license but since the gardai handle stuff left in Dublin taxis I'm a bit apprehensive about calling into the garda station to ask has it been found. Any ideas?

chin_grin · 29-04-2011 2:49pm

Just say it was planted (heh) on you. G'wan.

Be sure to post results.

smk89 · 29-04-2011 2:51pm

Next time you get a taxi driver saying how he loves all of gods people wherever their from, you know what happened to the weed

orourkeda · 29-04-2011 2:52pm

rambutman wrote: »

So I left my rucksack in a taxi in Dublin last week along with drivers license, a pretty expensive external HD, credit card and some other stuff including a bag a ganja worth about 150 euros. I'd be happy enough to say goodbye to almost everything bar the drivers license but since the gardai handle stuff left in Dublin taxis I'm a bit apprehensive about calling into the garda station to ask has it been found. Any ideas?

You either call the gardai or wave goodbye to your stuff

Oranage2 · 29-04-2011 2:52pm

If you want to waste your time you could check the carriage office -

I'd say everything is gone - your bag smoked and your license binned!

Keedowah · 29-04-2011 2:56pm

Check the carriage office - you might be surprised.

Also if the gardai search the bag and find the stash dont they also have your drivers licence?

Hurricane-Dean · 29-04-2011 2:57pm

Did you catch the driver's name, license number, reg number? Anything like that? Bar the weed my girlfriend left her bag in a taxi before, went through the usual stages, guards, taxi rank, carriage office and not one thing was recovered.

hondasam · 29-04-2011 2:58pm

rambutman wrote: »

So I left my rucksack in a taxi in Dublin last week along with drivers license, a pretty expensive external HD, credit card and some other stuff including a bag a ganja worth about 150 euros. I'd be happy enough to say goodbye to almost everything bar the drivers license but since the gardai handle stuff left in Dublin taxis I'm a bit apprehensive about calling into the garda station to ask has it been found. Any ideas?

If the gardai have it they will get your details from your d/lic. Is your address up to date on your d/lic ? phone your local garda station and ask if it was handed in.

strokemyclover · 29-04-2011 2:59pm

I'm sure there's a a member of the force in Mayo who can help you out!

rambutman · 29-04-2011 3:04pm

drivers license isn't matched up to current address but there's a dublin bikes card and credit card bill with my current address on it.
I was lashed out of it when i was getting the taxi - i can barely remember the journey. Isn't the carriage office ran by the gardai?

hondasam · 29-04-2011 3:06pm

rambutman wrote: »

drivers license isn't matched up to current address but there's a dublin bikes card and credit card bill with my current address on it.
I was lashed out of it when i was getting the taxi - i can barely remember the journey. Isn't the carriage office ran by the gardai?

It might not be in the carriage office. phone your local station and they will check for you and tell you where it is.

landsleaving · 29-04-2011 3:08pm

Isn't this the plot of some awful stoner comedy?

Big Nasty · 29-04-2011 3:12pm

Try that lost website - either way you can be sure the quare is long gone!;)

jimthemental · 29-04-2011 3:16pm

Ah lad that'd sicken me leave it be, they'll throw the book at you if they can just for having the balls to after the stuff.

chin_grin · 29-04-2011 3:17pm

jimthemental wrote: »

Ah lad that'd sicken me leave it be, they'll throw the book at you if they can just for having the balls to after the stuff.

What? :pac:

hondasam · 29-04-2011 3:18pm

OP you have to report your d/lic lost in order to get a new one. make the call and let us know how you got on.

The Carriage Office no longer deals with lost property. There are 5 designated Garda stations in the Dublin area that manage property that has been found in taxis. The stations are:

Irishtown: 01 666 9600
Store Street: 01 666 8000
Finglas: 01 666 7500
Tallaght: 01 666 6000
Shankill: 01 666 5900

testicle · 29-04-2011 3:22pm

Blast them with piss.

StupidLikeAFox · 29-04-2011 3:34pm

Phone up Garda station and say your bag was STOLEN in a pub or something, say you had a driving license, HD etc in it but dont menton the ganja.

Then when if the garda says it was found in a taxi with drugs in the bag be all like "oh those awful drug taking ruffians, probably stole my bag to pay for their habit, what is the world coming to garda!"

rambutman · 29-04-2011 3:44pm

No i couldn't give a sh1te about all else bar the drivers license which is proving to be a pain in the ball5. Its the only ID i have and where do you have to go to get the form filled out to replace the drivers license - the Garda station........there's definitely an episode of Irelands dumbest criminals in it..
Walk in "was there a bag left in"......"aye......could you make sure all your stuff is in it"..................then........"whats this, I've never seen it before in my life".......problem with me is I look straight as..........always getting confused for a garda at parties but I can't lie to save my life

rambutman · 29-04-2011 3:45pm

ColHol wrote: »

Phone up Garda station and say your bag was STOLEN in a pub or something, say you had a driving license, HD etc in it but dont menton the ganja.

Then when if the garda says it was found in a taxi with drugs in the bag be all like "oh those awful drug taking ruffians, probably stole my bag to pay for their habit, what is the world coming to garda!"

that's good - i like it!!!

Orando Broom · 29-04-2011 3:48pm

rambutman wrote: »

that's good - i like it!!!

The stolen idea is terrible. You could be dragged through hoops if the ganj is still in it. Making a false report is a crime, oyu don't want to be compounding a crime with a crime.

What was the taxi driver like, personality wise. Was he the type that would rifle through a bag and rob the ganj coz he liked to smoke drugs or was he a straight oul fella that would hand it in? He might be a 'sound' taxi driver who upon looking through your back for ID etc, realise that handing in a bag with ganj and dispose of the drugs and then hand in the bag.

hondasam · 29-04-2011 3:50pm

rambutman wrote: »

No i couldn't give a sh1te about all else bar the drivers license which is proving to be a pain in the ball5. Its the only ID i have and where do you have to go to get the form filled out to replace the drivers license - the Garda station........there's definitely an episode of Irelands dumbest criminals in it..
Walk in "was there a bag left in"......"aye......could you make sure all your stuff is in it"..................then........"whats this, I've never seen it before in my life".......problem with me is I look straight as..........always getting confused for a garda at parties but I can't lie to save my life

They probably will not give a **** about what's in the bag. You have no choice anyway but contact them.

rambutman · 29-04-2011 3:55pm

Orando Broom wrote: »

The stolen idea is terrible. You could be dragged through hoops if the ganj is still in it. Making a false report is a crime, oyu don't want to be compounding a crime with a crime.

What was the taxi driver like, personality wise. Was he the type that would rifle through a bag and rob the ganj coz he liked to smoke drugs or was he a straight oul fella that would hand it in? He might be a 'sound' taxi driver who upon looking through your back for ID etc, realise that handing in a bag with ganj and dispose of the drugs and then hand in the bag.

Truth of the matter is I can't really remember the specifics of the taxi - just getting out of it and as he drove off up the road going "my bags in the taxi" and trying to run after it but not catching up with him......thinking at the time that the best thing to do was put it off my mind till tomorrow and resume drinking!!! I was VERY VERY DRUNK!!!

The worse thing is until i know whats happened the bag (if it is in the garda station), via my DL and other cards - they'll have a path straight to my door!!! It's a curse......after the rigours of the weekend the first few anxious and paranoid sleep were filled with dreams of the door coming........now I know pretty much (well I think) that the chances of them chasin me over this are pretty slim, but I use to be a keen "gardener" and was having inklings of returning to it for a while........I guess thats out of the question!!

teddy_303 · 29-04-2011 3:56pm

Orando Broom wrote: »

The stolen idea is terrible. You could be dragged through hoops if the ganj is still in it. Making a false report is a crime, oyu don't want to be compounding a crime with a crime.

What was the taxi driver like, personality wise. Was he the type that would rifle through a bag and rob the ganj coz he liked to smoke drugs or was he a straight oul fella that would hand it in? He might be a 'sound' taxi driver who upon looking through your back for ID etc, realise that handing in a bag with ganj and dispose of the drugs and then hand in the bag.

How can anyone dispute the stolen bag version? Not to a point of liability certainly...

Orando Broom · 29-04-2011 4:06pm

teddy_303 wrote: »

How can anyone dispute the stolen bag version? Not to a point of liability certainly...

Not sure if serious.

Guards ask our intrepid hero. What pub(s) he is in.

Tells lies checks CCTV and no sign potential for trouble

Tells truth check CCTV and sees him leave with bag potential for trouble.

Now couple either scenario with finding the bag with the weed after he has made a false accusation of theft, he is in the brown stuff.

He's better saying nothing, ringing up asking about the bag if they have it good and well if not well two tears in a bucket.

The bottom line here is his Id and weed are in the same bag. If he doesn't ring and the guard have it the potential for them finding both are high and he's goosed.

If they haven't called by this stage the bag is either been pilfered and dumped; secondly the guards have it and have not checked it or lastly the blow was robbed and the bag handed in.

All scenarios logically resolve themselves by him calling straight up and asking. Making up some spurious back story only serves to deepen the problem.

rambutman · 29-04-2011 4:13pm

i shall call tonight when I get out of the office.

If by some slim chance the say they do have it..........bring on the next round of worry!!!

But i'll be back to report!!!

InTheTrees · 29-04-2011 4:33pm

They can hardly say you were in possession of marijuana if you weren't in possession.

If you see what I mean.

There's no proof its yours.

If you're asked what was in your bag just dont mention the weed. Where would they go from there? Finger prints on the baggie? I dont think so.

(Disclaimer: This is a completely amateur opinion...)

minidazzler · 29-04-2011 4:37pm

rambutman wrote: »

No i couldn't give a sh1te about all else bar the drivers license which is proving to be a pain in the ball5. Its the only ID i have and where do you have to go to get the form filled out to replace the drivers license - the Garda station........there's definitely an episode of Irelands dumbest criminals in it..
Walk in "was there a bag left in"......"aye......could you make sure all your stuff is in it"..................then........"whats this, I've never seen it before in my life".......problem with me is I look straight as..........always getting confused for a garda at parties but I can't lie to save my life

You'd make a pretty sh1tty Garda then.

TheZohanS · 29-04-2011 4:41pm

InTheTrees wrote: »

They can hardly say you were in possession of marijuana if you weren't in possession.

If you see what I mean.

There's no proof its yours.

If you're asked what was in your bag just dont mention the weed. Where would they go from there? Finger prints on the baggie? I dont think so.

(Disclaimer: This is a completely amateur opinion...)

Exactly; technically the gardai are in possession of marijuana.

So OP you're gonna have to call the Po-lice on the Po-lice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YwQ9mRyBjc

ArtyM · 29-04-2011 9:38pm

Why dont you just go back and edit your original post to say that you were on your way to turn in a bag of weed that you took off some 10yr olds as an act of a good citizenship, you put it in your bag but left it in the Taxi when you got out outside the station. You can use that as evidence of your innocence whe they call at your door sometime in the next 24hrs.
Of course, the rest of us will have to edit our posts to make it look real. I am happy to do so op - sixer of Bulmers will be fine.

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