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A father-of-two was horrified to discover four ecstasy pills hidden inside a computer game he bought from a High Street chain store.
Richard Thornhill, 34, has demanded answers to how the illegal Class A drugs found their way under the front cover of Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto 4, which he bought from a Gamestation store.
Mr Thornhill and his wife Lesley were left shaken by the discovery and concerned for the safety of their 12-year-old son Jamie, whom they allow to play the game.
Richard Thornhill and ecstasy pills found in xbox game
Shocking discovery: Richard Thornhill, 34, is demanding to know how four ecstasy pills got inside a second-hand Xbox 360 game he allows his son to play
The couple claim Gamestation's initial response was to tell them to 'flush the drugs down the toilet'.
Mr Thornhill, an assistant manager at Hirebase in Cheltenham, said he and his brother Lee both brought pre-owned copies of the game on special offer on Sunday, but it was only later in the evening he made the shocking discovery.
He said: 'I was going to put it away and I felt a lump on the front cover.
'Inside the instruction booklet was a ball of shinkwrap or clingfilm.
'I thought it was just a ball of clingfilm, but then I realised there were tablets inside. I instantly felt sick.
'They had Mitsubishi signs on them, which I recalled meant they were ecstasy pills.
'I wasn't 100 per cent sure though, so I checked online and sure enough I was right - it was ecstasy.
'What made me feel the most distraught was the fact we let our 12-year-old son play the game. Worse case scenario is he could have swallowed those pills.
'He plays racing games as well, which have Mitsubishi cars in them, so he could have just thought they were something fun - like sweets.'
He claims Gamestation initially avoided any responsibility and told him to flush the drugs down the toilet.
Mrs Thornhill persisted with the company and eventually contacted the area manager, who she claimed invited her to hand the drugs over to the store in Cheltenham so they could be destroyed.
Her husband added: 'My wife was distraught and livid. We both want to know how this sort of thing can possibly happen.
'Finding illegal drugs in a computer game is the last thing you expect to happen when you get home.
'We'd like to see Gamestation carrying out more thorough checks of the games they accept, rather than having a quick glance at the disc inside.'
Gamestation buys and sells new and pre-owned games for a number of consoles.
A spokesman for the store said: 'We have rigorous procedures for accepting pre-owned titles and checking them before they are put back on sale.
'We have launched an investigation and will work closely with Cheltenham police to find out what happened.'
A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police said: 'We collected the tablets and destroyed them.
'Although forensic tests were not conducted, it was more than likely they were ecstasy pills.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ills-hidden-inside-Xbox-game-just-bought.html
Richard Thornhill, 34, has demanded answers to how the illegal Class A drugs found their way under the front cover of Xbox 360 game Grand Theft Auto 4, which he bought from a Gamestation store.
Mr Thornhill and his wife Lesley were left shaken by the discovery and concerned for the safety of their 12-year-old son Jamie, whom they allow to play the game.
Richard Thornhill and ecstasy pills found in xbox game
Shocking discovery: Richard Thornhill, 34, is demanding to know how four ecstasy pills got inside a second-hand Xbox 360 game he allows his son to play
The couple claim Gamestation's initial response was to tell them to 'flush the drugs down the toilet'.
Mr Thornhill, an assistant manager at Hirebase in Cheltenham, said he and his brother Lee both brought pre-owned copies of the game on special offer on Sunday, but it was only later in the evening he made the shocking discovery.
He said: 'I was going to put it away and I felt a lump on the front cover.
'Inside the instruction booklet was a ball of shinkwrap or clingfilm.
'I thought it was just a ball of clingfilm, but then I realised there were tablets inside. I instantly felt sick.
'They had Mitsubishi signs on them, which I recalled meant they were ecstasy pills.
'I wasn't 100 per cent sure though, so I checked online and sure enough I was right - it was ecstasy.
'What made me feel the most distraught was the fact we let our 12-year-old son play the game. Worse case scenario is he could have swallowed those pills.
'He plays racing games as well, which have Mitsubishi cars in them, so he could have just thought they were something fun - like sweets.'
He claims Gamestation initially avoided any responsibility and told him to flush the drugs down the toilet.
Mrs Thornhill persisted with the company and eventually contacted the area manager, who she claimed invited her to hand the drugs over to the store in Cheltenham so they could be destroyed.
Her husband added: 'My wife was distraught and livid. We both want to know how this sort of thing can possibly happen.
'Finding illegal drugs in a computer game is the last thing you expect to happen when you get home.
'We'd like to see Gamestation carrying out more thorough checks of the games they accept, rather than having a quick glance at the disc inside.'
Gamestation buys and sells new and pre-owned games for a number of consoles.
A spokesman for the store said: 'We have rigorous procedures for accepting pre-owned titles and checking them before they are put back on sale.
'We have launched an investigation and will work closely with Cheltenham police to find out what happened.'
A spokeswoman for Gloucestershire Police said: 'We collected the tablets and destroyed them.
'Although forensic tests were not conducted, it was more than likely they were ecstasy pills.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ills-hidden-inside-Xbox-game-just-bought.html
