Vintage shop owner finds stash of drugs in pocket of 1990s Stone Island jacket

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Kris Boyle made the bizarre discovery after buying a 1997 Stone Island jacket for his clothing store.
A vintage shop owner was left stunned after he found drugs stashed in the pocket of a 1990s designer jacket.
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Kris Boyle, owner of the Dundee Sole store, in the city's Wellgate Shopping Centre, found the block of 'soap bar' hash after purchasing a Stone Island Raso Gommat jacket from 1997.
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He reckons the drugs had lay inside the garment for nearly 30 years.
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Kris, who opened the shop seven years ago, said: "The jacket came from one of our long standing vintage suppliers based in the south of England.
"We work with them regularly to source unique and authentic pieces, and occasionally those pieces arrive with unexpected little time capsules hidden inside.
"The jacket has since been sold to a customer, and it proved particularly popular after people heard about its unusual find."
The discovery tops the list of strangest things he's found in vintage clothes - and is now proudly on display within his shop in the north east.
The 37-year-old added: "The soap bar has been kept here at Dundee Sole as part of our small but growing collection of unusual discoveries.
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"We see it as a light hearted reminder of the charm and unpredictability of working with vintage clothing.
"Over the years, we've uncovered a surprising number of unusual items hidden away in pockets, linings, and boxes. Many of them have been small snapshots of a moment in time. Ordinary objects, but frozen in the year they were left behind."
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Kris shared the rare find in a Facebook post. He wrote: "You find some funny things in the pockets of vintage jackets, my favourite finds truly are things that have been long forgotten.
"This is hilarious!! Found in the pocket of a 90s stone island raso. There's nothing more nostalgic to someone from Scotland in the 90s than a bit of soap bar."
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The find went down well with customers, who flocked to the comment section to joke about the discovery. One posted: "The smell of that. I wish Yankee candle done one."
Another said: "I once bought a Burberry golf jacket on EBay from a guy in Aberdeen, it had a £20 note in the inside pocket." A third joked: "Stick in the pocket of something n the shop, lucky dip style, that'll boost your sales."
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Another poster said: "The cause of many a ruined shell suit", while a fifth joker typed: "We all had asbestos thumbs and forefingers in the 90's." Another added: "You can't smell a picture."
Kris told the Record of the other rare finds he's made while running the shop - finding everything from women's underwear to cinema tickets for 90s blockbusters.
As well as a ticket from London's King's Cross Station, which he found in a jacket from the 70's, he also came across a cinema stub for the original Jurassic Park from July 1993.