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Fri Apr 22, 2022, 05:57 AM Apr 2022

Crash spills 500 pounds of marijuana onto Missouri highway on 4/20

https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/marijuana-missouri-highway-interstate-70-crash/63-281ffd5f-6350-4318-a307-7935011c0e64

Crash spills 500 pounds of marijuana onto Missouri highway on 4/20

All of that marijuana was trying to make its way across Missouri, but the trip came to a sudden end after a series of crashes on I-70.

Author: Dori Olmos
Published: 7:35 AM CDT April 21, 2022
Updated: 7:52 AM CDT April 21, 2022

CALLAWAY COUNTY, Mo. — "You definitely don’t see this every day, but it is 4/20," the Missouri State Highway Patrol tweeted after a crash Wednesday that led to a marijuana bust.

Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers responded to a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 70 Wednesday in Callaway County. Among the bits of plastic and bent metal scattered across the highway, troopers found something else: packaged marijuana.

Not just a little bit, but a lot.

After gathering up all the bags, the highway patrol said the pot weighed in at 500 pounds. All of that marijuana was trying to make its way across Missouri on 4/20, but the trip came to a sudden end after a series of crashes on I-70.

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Crash spills 500 pounds of marijuana onto Missouri highway on 4/20 (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2022 OP
Odd, but when the truck was loaded there were 800 pounds. twodogsbarking Apr 2022 #1
lol. n/t sl8 Apr 2022 #2
All I can say is: MOMFUDSKI Apr 2022 #3
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