Elderly couple arrested with 30kg of drugs they 'planned to give as Christmas gifts'
An elderly couple has been arrested with about 30kg of marijuana they alleged planned to give as Christmas presents.
It’s alleged the couple, who are both in their 80s, were found with marijuana worth more than A$425,000, during a police traffic stop in York County, South Carolina on Tuesday, The York News-Times reports.
York County Sheriff's Department lieutenant Paul Vrbka said police pulled the car over after noticing it going over the centre line and the driver failing to signal.
After they pulled the car over they noticed the smell of marijuana, he said, and the canine alert unit found boxes of the substance in the car.
Patrick Jiron, 80, and Barbara Jiron, 83, were both arrested.
“They said the marijuana was for Christmas presents,” Lt Vrbka said.
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They claimed they were driving from California on the west coast of the US to Vermont in the northeast.
The couple remain in York County Jail on charges of possession of marijuana with the intent to deliver.
