Florida Litter Crew Finds Garbage Bags Stuffed With 60 Pounds of Pot on I-4

TAMPA, Fla. – The Florida Highway Patrol says anyone missing two big bags of pot can call their Tampa area office.

A crew picking up litter from along Interstate 4 near Tuesday morning made an unusual find: two big plastic garbage bags stuffed with freshly harvested marijuana.

The 60 pounds of pot might be worth around $54,000 on the street, said FHP Trooper Larry Coggins. It probably fell off or was thrown from a car on the interstate.

The plants appeared freshly picked and some had intact roots.

It's not the largest amount of pot ever dumped along a roadside, but it's certainly not a common find, Coggins said.