Father ‘absolutely livid’ after finding wine, cannabis and ‘MDMA’ in courtesy car

A father of two claims he was left “absolutely livid” when he was given a courtesy car “filled with drugs and alcohol” by his local dealership.

Russell Page claims the courtesy car was “filled with drugs.”

Russell Page, 32, was with his wife and three-year-old son when he found wine, cannabis, and what he believed to be MDMA in the car when he took his own vehicle in for a routine service, according to the Daily Mail.

Page had taken his car in for its MOT at Eden Vauxhall in Camberley, Surrey, and expected to be given a courtesy car in exchange.

“They’d run out,” he said, “so they gave me a young female member of staff’s one instead.”

“She handed me the keys and said it was a bit dirty inside,” Page said, “but that was an understatement.”

Inside, the car was littered with lighters, Rizlas, empty bags of drugs and a half-drunk bottle of wine, while Page added the dashboard was also covered in ash.

Page became more suspicious when he opened the boot of the car and was greeted by a “really strong smell of cannabis.”

“There were two handbags in it, which I opened and found weed, a grinder, and a bag of white powder, which I think was MDMA or crystal meth.”

Furious, Page threatened to call the police immediately, but was assured by branch manager Matt Clifton that the employee had been fired, and was also offered a new vehicle.

However, when he returned to the dealership the following day, Page claims he saw the 20-year-old employee at the showroom.

“He left me a voicemail saying the girl had been fired but when I went back to get my car the next day, I saw her leaving the showroom out the back.”

“When I phoned the police, I found out they hadn’t reported it at all.”

Meanwhile Graeme Potts, founder and managing director of Eden Motor Group, refused to confirm what had happened to the female employee, but did claim Mr Page told lies and was abusive to staff.

“The conversation I had with Mr Page on 22 September contained a series of untruths,” he said.

“The expression which he used to me several times was that it was ‘filled with drugs’. There was a holdall type bag, quite small, and in it was 3.4 grams of what is believed to be cannabis. There was no white powder in the car, there is a bag with a tiny bit of residue on the inside of it.”

“I have not disputed to him, nor anyone else, the fact there was a personal use quantity of drugs in a vehicle that was owned by our company.

But Potts added that it was not accurate to say the car was “filled with class A and B drugs. That is not a true statement.”

The woman is no longer working at the dealership, but it is not known whether she was fired or left of her own accord.