Bloke scammed into buying celery instead of weed leaves police in stitches

A man has been ridiculed by police after he reported buying fake weed.

A video which has gone viral on Indonesian social media shows the local sitting in a police station reporting a crime after purchasing the illegal substance.

He's holding a mysterious piece of paper which contain the “drugs” he bought.

However, it quickly emerged that the drugs were not the marijuana he had been hoping for – it was just celery leaves. It also contained normal grass.

The video, which first emerged on Instagram, shows police laughing at the man.

It occurred at the Palembang police station in South Sumatra.

According to a translation, the man said: “I bought it for 50,000 Rupiah (£2), sir.

“But it was only ordinary leaves.”

He was then asked if marijuana, which he was hoping to buy, was “a drug or not” by police, as well as being asked how many times he had used the drug.

Local police were considering arresting him for drug possession, but let him go as it wasn't actual drugs that he was holding.

The incident has been confirmed by local news reports.

According to a 2016 report from Indonesia Investments, around 1.2 million Indonesians – around 0.5% of the population – experiment with drugs.

The country has some of the strictest drug laws in the world.

Nurul Ilmi Idris, Professor at the Hasanuddin University wrote: “Marijuana, methamphetamine, ecstasy and heroin are the most popular illegal substances that are used by Indonesia's 1.2 million drug abusers.

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“In the mid-1990s heroin was a popular drug.

“However, due to a shortage of supply, fewer Indonesians are consuming heroin today compared to two decades ago.

“This is partly the result of Indonesia's tough stance on drug abuse – those who are caught carrying drugs can face the death penalty.

“The number of Indonesians injecting themselves with illegal drugs fell from 230,000 in 2008 to 70,000 in 2011.

“However, the use of psychoactive prescription drugs in Indonesia in fact rose over the same period. Abuse of the prescription medications, which include antidepressants and painkillers is particularly popular among teenage drug abusers.”

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