There
are endless
gifts to
get your marijuana-minded loved ones this holiday season. Does your
mom love weed? Buy her a trip to a cannabis
spa.
Does your uncle like to blaze? Pick him up some marijuana-infused
BBQ sauce.
There's nothing wrong with going the simple route and just bringing
home a big bag of nugs—unless, of course, home is somewhere where
weed's still illegal.
An
elderly couple apparently made that exact mistake this week. Cops in
York, Nebraska, arrested an 80-year-old man and an 83-year-old woman
for carrying around 60 pounds of marijuana in the back of their
pickup truck, the York
New-Times reports.
Either
the senior citizens have a lot of friends or they were really feeling
the gift of giving this year, because they swear that the $336,000
worth of weed was all going to get wrapped up as Christmas gifts.
York
County Sheriff's Department deputies pulled over Patrick and Barbara
Jiron on Tuesday for driving erratically. As the cops approached the
Jirons' truck, they immediately caught a whiff of weed and opted to
search the vehicle.
When
they did, they discovered bags and bags —and at least one
old cheddar
cheese ball container—full
of marijuana.
The
Jirons reportedly told the officers that they were on the road from
Clearlake Oaks, California, and headed to Vermont for the holidays to
dole out nugs to friends and family like a pair of green-thumbed
Santas.
"They
said the marijuana was for Christmas presents," Lieutenant Paul
Vrbka told the New-Times.
The
cops apparently gave a big "bah, humbug" to that and hauled
the elderly duo off to jail. The Jirons are now facing felony charges
of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver.
It's
unclear whether the couple was actually planning to spread yuletide
highs or if they had a secret scheme to sling. Either way, they
probably should've been a little more inconspicuous when sneaking
weed across state lines. At the very least, they could've disguised
the stuff as limes.
