'What a great story to tell for years to come': A shopping trip sparks police investigation

Sometimes, the smallest actions can spark the most unexpected reactions, leaving us questioning how things spiralled out of control.

What seemed like a harmless trip to the shops quickly turned into an unlikely situation that no one saw coming.

The consequences were far from what anyone could have imagined, and it all started with a simple moment of confusion.


A woman called the police, believing she had spotted a 'suspicious-looking' item in the boot of a woman's car.

The car's owner had been waiting for takeaway food in the Sydney Neutral Bay Woolworths car park last week, alongside her father.

While they waited, they searched the boot for a misplaced food item, which was filled with plastic, before leaving.


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Woman calls police over 'suspicious' item in car boot. Image source: Pexel/Pixabay


Later that day, the police arrived at their doorstep.

An anonymous bystander had called Crime Stoppers, claiming to have seen a plastic tarp in the boot and suspecting it was a 'body bag'.

'To the lady at the Neutral Bay Woolworths car park who saw my dad and me looking in the boot this afternoon while we were waiting for our takeaway and called Crime Stoppers about a suspicious-looking tarp,' the car owner wrote on social media.

'The police have visited us for a welfare check—no dead bodies in the boot! Just plastic that my dad uses for work.'

'We were searching for a few cans of Pringles that have vanished. Still can’t find them.'


The woman who reported the incident quickly became the target of online mockery.

'Should've gone to Specsavers,' one person joked.

'Did the police take a missing Pringles report?' another asked.

'If they are sour cream and onion flavour, you should definitely call crime stoppers yourself, until they are found!' a third person quipped.


Others suggested she had been watching too much true crime.

'What a great story to tell for years to come,' one mocked.

Some were shocked that the police were called in the first place.

'What? Called the police! C'mon people.,' a person wrote.

Key Takeaways

  • A woman called the police after seeing a 'suspicious-looking' item in a car’s boot, which turned out to be plastic used for work.
  • The incident took place in a Sydney Woolworths car park while the car owner was waiting for takeaway food with her father.
  • The police arrived after an anonymous bystander called Crime Stoppers, suspecting the item was a 'body bag.'
  • The situation quickly became the subject of online ridicule, with many mocking the caller for overreacting.

Have you ever witnessed something that made you question what was really going on? Let us know your stories in the comments.
 
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I guess the woman was only doing what Police say often.......to report anything that may seem to be suspicious activity.....it's rather difficult to know where to draw the line here....but at the very least I think she could be applauded for her community safety at heart....in this instance it was a harmless event, next time it could be something more devastating, it doesn't hurt for any of us to be alert at the best of times....it's a crazy world that we live in these days and the amount of criminal activity has increased dramatically around the country.:unsure:
 
Just like the caravan in the Sydney suburb of Dural.

Muslim pigs!
l heard on the news about that.They found enough powergel explosives to blow up a whole supermarket.
That stupid Albanese has a lot to answer too .He lets opposing foreigners in Australia and now there will be bombing each other and everywhere.Where is this mans brain?
 
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Just like the caravan in the Sydney suburb of Dural.

Muslim pigs!
Could you imagine the damage it would have caused !
Good in the guy who towed it to his property and called the police.

It was headed to Maroubra to the Jewish Synogue next door to the Jewish childcare centre that was set in fire a couple of weeks ago.

It is only the Moslems doing this, the Jews are not retaliating.
As they catch those involved they should be deported
 
Could you imagine the damage it would have caused !
Good in the guy who towed it to his property and called the police.

It was headed to Maroubra to the Jewish Synogue next door to the Jewish childcare centre that was set in fire a couple of weeks ago.

It is only the Moslems doing this, the Jews are not retaliating.
As they catch those involved they should be deported
OMG, I just posted something similar! LOL
 
This reminded me of my teens when I was on a bus with about 7 other people while visiting the Middle East, when a soldier on the bus noticed a small parcel on the top luggage rack that been sitting there unattended for some time.

He eventually stood up and asked if it belonged to anyone. When no one responded he got the driver to stop the bus (in the middle of a very desolated area) heroically grabbed the parcel, ran quite a distance with it and dumped it on the ground.

While returning to the bus, an old man who had been asleep, suddenly woke-up, thinking it was his destination, started gathering his possessions and then began yelling, "Where the hell is my lunch, who stole my lunch?"

Due to the tension on the bus, it wasn't funny at the time, but we had a good laugh after.
🤣🤣great story
 

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