Men arrested after using GTA game case to hide drugs from police
A couple of men were arrested by GCPD in Gwinnett County, Georgia after the authorities found drugs hidden in a Grand Theft Auto case.
On May 22, officers pulled over a vehicle for not using a turn signal and began talking to the two men inside.
Passenger Alexander Thomas had a gun in his waistband, which the police later determined to be stolen.
However, things got wild when a police dog was brought to the scene and found drugs in the most unlikely of places – a copy ofGTA.
Police find narcotics in copy of Grand Theft Auto
As reported byWSBTV, bodycam footage showed the officers looking in a glove box where they found a gun and a GTA case.
“Open the GTA game. That’s dope. That’s what they’re holding dope,” an officer said.
Police in Georgia found narcotics hidden inside a Grand Theft Auto case during a traffic stop.pic.twitter.com/5fqQFf45a3
The cops then discovered powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, and fentanyl pills. Quite the find, considering the unlikely hiding spot.
The driver, 28-year-old Arie Ashekun was charged with possession of a gun by a felon, improper left turn and window tint violations.
Meanwhile, the passenger, 27-year-old Alexander Thomas was charged with possession of cocaine, possession of fentanyl, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
There have been other instances of alleged criminals being fans of GTA. Earlier in 2025, a 19-year-old gun-wielding Utah manclaimed he was “in GTA”while filming himself leading police on a wild chase. He was caught after uploading the videos to social media.
Surprisingly, this also isn’t the first time that a video game case has been used for drugs. In 2023, police shut down a Team Rocket-sized operation in whichPokemon art cases were used to traffic cocaine. It took a joint effort by the Bristol County State Police Drug Task Force and the US Postal Service to bust the operation.
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