I think MCL's post sums things up pretty well. This is not a GAGB issue at all. We are not the cache police, and our guidelines are not binding on any parties except where there are specific agreements incorporating them, which is not the case here.
As the cache in question has apparently and perhaps unsurprisingly gone missing, the issue seems to have resolved itself in any case.
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