January 2, 2006
MMS for Marijuana
A mother flipping through her child’s cell phone last week led to the arrest of six teens -- three from Farmington and three from Massachusetts -- who were using their phones to market marijuana throughout town, reports The Register.
According to police, the teens would call kids in Shrewsbury, Mass., to arrange for a sale. The Massachusetts teens would then photograph their merchandise and send a text message with the photo back.
"They had a lot of proprietary enthusiasm," Sgt. Daniel Devine said. "They would e-mail a picture of the drugs and a message to kids in town on their cell phone, and then the kids in Farmington would send the photo and message to all their friends to notify them of the upcoming sale."
The parent who found the message was not involved in the sale but merely had received the advertisement on their cell phone.
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