\n Stickers showing a \u201cshiny marijuana leaf\u201d with a scannable QR code have been spotted on Bebington Road in Rock Ferry.\n<\/p>\n
\n Rock Ferry Labour Councillor, Tony Murphy, who was sent pictures of the flyers by a resident on the street, said the advertising of illegal substances was a \u201cmajor concern\u201d.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stickers showing a \u201cshiny marijuana leaf\u201d with a scannable QR code have been spotted on Bebington Road (Image: Tony Murphy)\n<\/p>\n
\n He told the Globe: \u201cA constituent who lives on Bebington Road contacted me and sent me photographs of them because he thought I would be interested.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI went to his house and he had a collection of them that he had removed. Several of them were the same QR code and colour but others were different showing different codes.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI was almost not surprised that nowadays people are using social media and QR codes to access online drugs. It\u2019s a major concern.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cAnyone can take a picture of them on their phone and have a copy.\n<\/p>\n
\n A collection of stickers have been removed from lamp posts in (Image: Tony Murphy)\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cI didn\u2019t try to scan it myself in case I was somehow compromised or added to a criminal database, but I\u2019m\u00a0on the lookout for them now. I reported it to Bebington Police Station and officers confirmed that they have the tools to shut down such websites.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesperson for Merseyside Police said: \u201cFollowing enquiries, it was established that this QR code did not link to any website or page and as such no crime was recorded.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe stickers have been removed.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for all information on the suspected supply of drugs in our communities, and there are various ways in which you can provide information, which will be assessed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n Contact Merseyside Police\u2019s social media desk via X @MerPolCC or on Facebook \u2018Merseyside Police Contact Centre\u2019. You can also report information via the website: https:\/\/www.merseyside.police.uk\/ro\/report\/ocr\/af\/how-to-report-a-crime\/<\/a> or call 101.
Alternatively, contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111, or via their website here: https:\/\/crimestoppers-uk.org\/give-information\/forms\/give-information-anonymously<\/a>. In an emergency always call 999.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stickers showing a \u201cshiny marijuana leaf\u201d with a scannable QR code have been spotted on Bebington Road in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302396,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302395","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}