Truck flips in Brazil, 1.3 tons of pot rolls out

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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.

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.”