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March 25, 2008
Green Bay: Cannabis-scented cash triggers flurry of charges
Posted by Gary Storck
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
With the cannabis plant's outlaw status, in spite of its vast utilities, there are always news articles to be found about the strange ways people with cannabis get busted. Here's a sad tale out of the Green Bay area where the wonderful aroma of cannabis led to big trouble.
From the Green Bay Press Gazette: click here.
Money smells funny, so he's busted for pot
March 24, 2008
STURGEON BAY -- The smell of money led to the arrest last week of a 21-year-old Sturgeon Bay man on suspicion of possessing marijuana with intent to deliver.The money the man tried to deposit at a Sturgeon Bay bank on Tuesday reeked of marijuana, according to a Sturgeon Bay police report.
The odor was not the distinctive odor of the burned weed, but the musty smell of ground sweet leaves, the report said.
The odor was so noticeable and so distinctive that a teller put the cash — $4,000 in bundled bills — into a plastic bag.
The contact between the bills and marijuana was so intense that when Sturgeon Bay police tested a bill, the chemicals reacted positively for marijuana, according to the report.
The man was arrested when he returned to the bank to make a withdrawal.
“All the pieces just came together,” Police Chief Dan Trelka said.
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Posted by Gary at March 25, 2008 11:33 AM
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