80-year-old busted delivering 60 pounds of marijuana as Christmas presents
An elderly couple driving their 2016 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck through rural York County, Nebraska, on December 19 was stopped by local cops for failing to use a turn signal when changing lanes. During what started out as a routine traffic stop, police smelled a familiar burning aroma. When questioning the driver of the pickup, 80-year-old Patrick Jiron along with his wife, 70-year-old wife Barbara Jiron, admitted to having a stash of marijuana with them – marijuana they planned on giving away to family and friends as Christmas presents, according to Yahoo! News.
The presence of raw marijuana was confirmed as a canine unit alerted police, prompting a probable cause search of the vehicle. When police searched the truck, they discovered 60 pounds of high-grade marijuana worth an estimated $336,000, according to a December 22 report from The Washington Post. Police also found several containers of concentrated THC in the octogenarian’s truck. THC is the active ingredient in cannabis that produces the euphoria experienced by users when smoking the weed.
When deputies pulled over the Jirons along Interstate 80 on Tuesday, they smelled “raw” marijuana and conducted a probable cause search — discovering the weed in boxes in the pickup topper, Lt. Vrbka told the York News-Times.
The Jirons left their home in northern California headed for Vermont where they planned on giving the marijuana away as Christmas presents to family and friends, according to York County Sheriff’s Office Lt. Paul Vrbka. And although marijuana is legal in some states, it’s not legal in Nebraska.
Patrick Jiron was charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver and no drug stamp — all felonies — while his wife received a citation. ~ Yahoo! News
The husband has since posted bond and was released from the York County Jail.
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Written by: Ace News Today Staff
