Florida Litter Crew Finds Garbage Bags Stuffed With 60 Pounds of Pot on I-4


	Florida Litter Crew Finds Garbage Bags Stuffed With 60 Pounds of Pot on I-4

cpltaiji

11-27-2007 8:59 PM

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drugs, law enforcement, reality, general interest, crime, bizarre

cpltaiji says:

Hmmmmm! Maybe I'll move to Florida!

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11-27-2007 10:48 PM

ericskiff

Early rumors that the find totalled 100 lbs were dismissed by officers as "a mistake. It's definitely 60 lbs man, 3 bags, that's all."

11-28-2007 6:33 PM

Aqualung1000

60 lbs wet pot equals,18 lbs when dried enough to smoke.

The police are a little too optomistic in their estimates.

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