Capel's in his late sixties, loves his whiskey, beer and pot and regularly drives TX666. He earned his nickname Capel because of his beloved Mazda Capella, a car he has been driving around for over forty years. He used to own a pub on Groote Island but had to move back to Canberra after his two main clientele: the indigenous and the miners stopped turning up at his pub. The miners stopped coming because the mine closed down and the indigenous stopped coming because most of them died due to liver disease.
Before moving to open a pub on Groote Island, Capel used to work for the military police. To meet him now, a relaxed, loving and caring bloke, you would never believe he was part of the military police. Back in the 1980s, pot growing was rife around Canberra. Capel was asked one day to be a spotter for a recognisance helicopter mission conducted by the AFP. The AFP were using military aircraft to conduct their mission. It was Capel's job to spot pot plantations and mark them on the map. While hovering above the airspace outside of Canberra, Capel spotted a decent size pot plantation. He thought about marking it on his map but then he realised he knew how to get there and get the pot. He kept silent and didn't mark it on his map.
The next weekend, Capel borrowed his mate's Landcruiser and drove out to where he saw the pot plantation. He loaded up the back of the Landcruiser with marijuana, a year's supply mind you, and drove back to Canberra. Before leaving, he left a note: "Sorry mate, pigs were on to you, I saved you. Had to take my fair share." Capel's never had a deal like that again, and probably never will.
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