*Bricks of Marijuana have been washing up along Florida’s beaches after Hurricane Florence, the Washington Post reports.
According to the publication, numerous twelve-kilogram (26 lbs.) packages of the drug have washed ashore in Daytona Beach and the surrounding area. The assumption is that their appearance is likely do to the ocean being churned up by the storm, it’s unclear where exactly they came from.
via the Washington Post:
The bundles have unsurprisingly created major issues for local law enforcement, as tourists try to scoop them up. Not only is possession of marijuana, even in small amounts, illegal in the state, but its presence has led to physical fights among beachgoers.
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According to a release from the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office shared on Thursday, “packages of marijuana have been washing up on the beaches in St. Johns, Flagler and Volusia counties” in the past two days.
One man was arrested after he “was seen attempting to open the packaging and take packages of marijuana. Others were attempting to do the same thing,” the release states.
The Post shared what transpired on the 911 call that resulted in the arrest. “We’re at Jungle Hut (Park) and a huge bundle of drugs or something just washed up on the beach and there are people like fighting over it,” the caller says. “There’s like seven or eight people out here, and they’re all like huddling up against it, and my dad’s trying to take it so that you guys can have it all.”
The Daytona News-Journal reports the drugs were discovered on the shores of beaches in Volusia, St. Johns and Flagler counties.
In Flagler County alone, deputies recovered about 100 pounds of marijuana since Tuesday.
“Whenever we get this big surf, it’s a little more common,” said Capt. Tammy Malfurs of Volusia County Beach Safety Ocean Rescue to the paper.
Authorities are asking locals and beachgoers who encounter any of these bricks to not take possession of them. Call your nearest LEO to have them collected and destroyed.
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