Dillon Pyron wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 10:28:49 GMT,
> "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzZAP-MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" wrote:
>
>
>>In Jamaica, I was parked by the side of the road reading a map, when a
>>fellow ran up to the car and offered to sell me marijuana. I told him in a
>>loud voice to get away from the car and I drove off. This is a very common
>>ploy to arrest people in order to shake them down for money. If you are in
>>Jamaica, you are worth MUCH more as an arrested pigeon than you are as a
>>minor customer.
>
>
> I have heard stories where the people who "arrest" you aren't even
> cops. Pay the fine (which, oddly enough, is the amount in your
> pockets) and get away clean.
>
The same thing happens to tourists who run red lights in Cancun!
WOOF!
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