Truck flips in Brazil, 1.3 tons of pot rolls out | Inquirer News

Truck flips in Brazil, 1.3 tons of pot rolls out

/ 08:35 AM June 30, 2015

In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, farmer Breezy shows off the distinctive leaves of a marijuana plant during a tour of his plantation in Jamaica's central mountain town of Nine Mile. Justice Minister Mark Golding said Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, that Jamaica’s Cabinet has approved a much-anticipated bill of drug law amendments that would decriminalize possession of small amounts of pot and pave the way for a legal medical marijuana industry on the Caribbean island. AP

In this Aug. 29, 2013, file photo, a farmer shows freshly harvested marijuana plants. A truckload of the weed fell off a mountain road in Brazil. AP

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Bad day for a pair of drug traffickers in Brazil: their truck loaded with marijuana and a car escorting it plunged off a mountain road near Rio de Janeiro, spilling a load of 1.3 tons of pot.

The driver of the truck, which crashed on Saturday apparently because due to high speed, fled before police could arrive, police said.

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When they did get to the scene, the driver of the escort car, who was slightly injured, was arrested, hospitalized and charged with drug trafficking.

Police said he “can’t remember a thing.”

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