An out-of-town student unwittingly dobbed himself in when his\u00a0phone containing hidden drugs was handed to Dunedin police during St Patrick\u2019s Day partying.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old Lincoln University student accidentally revealed there were drugs hidden in\u00a0the phone\u2019s case when police overheard him in the background of a call to the lost phone.<\/p>\n
Sergeant Matt Lee, of Dunedin, said police were patrolling along Castle St during yesterday\u2019s\u00a0St Patrick\u2019s Day celebrations when they were handed a lost phone by a member of the public\u00a0about 1.30pm.<\/p>\n
A friend of the phone\u2019s owner later called the phone and made arrangements with police for\u00a0its return.<\/p>\n
However, the friend \u2018\u2018failed to hang up the phone\u2019\u2019, Sgt Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018Police heard reluctance from the owner of the phone before the call ended, that he didn’t\u00a0want to get his phone from police as he had ketamine pills in the back of it.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
Police then discovered the drugs hidden under the phone case.<\/p>\n
The phone\u2019s owner, a 19-year-old Lincoln University student, was down in Dunedin to\u00a0celebrate St Patrick\u2019s Day with his friends, Sgt Lee said.<\/p>\n
\u2018\u2018He eventually came to police to collect his phone and received a formal warning.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n
The ketamine was seized and destroyed, Sgt Lee said.<\/p>\n