High Tide: Bricks Of Marijuana Wash Ashore After Hurricane Florence

I feel like a narc posting this but it’s classic Florida…

Someone had herself a day. Deputies say the woman stole marijuana that washed up in Flagler County, North of Daytona Beach. And as marijuana continues to wash up on those shores it’s not just her that’s out for a freebie. Apparently people have been fighting over it…

This moral quandary was best demonstrated in a 911 call to the Volusia County sheriff last Thursday morning, when a woman reported, “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.” How many people? the call-taker inquired, according to a recording of the exchange. “There’s like seven or eight people out here,” the caller replied, “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.”

Sheriff’s deputies arrived and the caller noted that one fellow had removed a brick of suspected cannabis from the bundle and was still there. The deputies asked the man about this, according to their report, and he “pointed at his vehicle and stated that he was holding it for law enforcement’s arrival.”

The brick weighed about 11 pounds, wet. The man, Robert Kelley, 61, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana over 20 grams. Medical marijuana is legal in the Sunshine State, but “it’s illegal” for recreational use, sheriff’s spokeswoman Anna Hackett observed. Kelley was jailed and it was not clear whether he has retained a lawyer.

In all this news I’ve seen one thing missing – concern for those poor, innocent smugglers. Were you guys out there on a shanty boat when the storm came? Were you trying to fly through the intense gales during a drop gone wrong? Did you miss your intended target & get taken down by your own crew? Did the Coast Guard catch on & you had to dump and run?

I’d like to think the real story is just a wealthy guy or gal feeling generous & deciding to ease the minds of coastal folks after the rough weather. If you live in the area, happy beach-combing.