Cops in this country think everyone using a Google Pixel must be a drug dealer

Google Pixel 9 family lined up face down on a table in multiple colors

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority
  • Pixel phones are apparently the phone of choice for criminals, drug dealers, and gang members in Spain’s Catalonia.
  • Police say every time they spot someone with a Pixel, they think they must be a drug dealer.
  • The popularity of Pixels among the wrong crowd has little to do with Google phones and everything to do with Android’s open nature.

Police in Spain, specifically in the autonomous region of Catalonia, are very alert when they spot someone using a Google Pixel phone. As weird as it sounds, Pixels are highly preferred by those involved in organized crime, according to the Catalan police.

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