THE ACCIDENTAL TOURISTS

I read this story yesterday morning and thought it was absolutely crazy! Of course, since it is about marijuana, I needed to share this with. Anyway, it turns out; a Florida couple accidentally hauled an 11-pound stash of marijuana home all the way from Louisiana. And they didn't even get caught! They turned it in! What the hell were they thinking?

 The Key Largo husband and wife carried the contraband of pot throughout a 900-mile journey before arriving to their home in Florida, popped open two mysterious suitcases and discovered the bags of weed inside. The alarmed couple quickly called the local sheriff's office. Is anyone else asking themselves, "Why did they call the police?" No? I'm the only one asking that? Monroe County Sheriff Sergeant Al Ramirez said in a statement, "This could have been really bad. These people were traveling all over with this stuff in their truck. If they had been pulled over with it, they could have wound up in jail and their truck may have been seized."

This odd case of the accidental smugglers began in July when a confusing package arrived at one of the couple's rental properties in Louisiana. A housekeeper informed the husband, who in turn told her to ship it back to UPS, which she did, but the box was later shipped back to the rental and she put the box back inside. The box remained at the rental property until the husband and wife recently took a trip to check on several of their vacation properties. They opened the box only to find two locked blue suitcases inside. Thinking that the bags were just lost luggage being returned to someone, they just tossed them in their truck and decided to deal with them later. 

When later came and they finally decided to cut off the locks open at home, that is when they discovered the two sealed bags stuffed with Mary Jane. They called the sheriff immediately on Wednesday. Sergeant Ramirez said the marijuana was confiscated and would be destroyed. Yeah, right! I'm sure it was confiscated, but it was certainly wasn't destroyed. I'm sure Ramirez and his homeboys felt they hit the jackpot, which is the same way I would've reacted if I opened that luggage and found 11-pounds of marijuana staring me in the face. The only way this weed was being destroyed was through my lungs!