Generous grandparents: Elderly couple tells cops 60 pounds of weed was for presents
Published: Dec 21, 2017, 8:46 am • Updated: Dec 21, 2017, 11:55 am
By The Associated Press
YORK, Neb. — An elderly couple who was arrested in Nebraska with 60 pounds of marijuana in their truck told officers that the drugs were meant to be Christmas presents.
The York News-Times reports the couple were arrested Tuesday by the York County Sheriff’s Department after they were stopped for a traffic violation.
Officers found the bags of marijuana in the Toyota Tacoma driven by the 80-year-old man and 83-year-old woman. They said they were driving from California to Vermont.
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The couple was being held in York County jail on suspicion of felony drug charges.
Information from: York News-Times, http://www.yorknewstimes.com
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