Couple, 80 and 83, held with 60 pounds of marijuana in Nebraska stop
York County deputies stopped Patrick and Barbara Jiron's pickup truck in Nebraska on Dec. 19, 2017, and found about 60 pounds of marijuana, which a lieutenant said the couple described as Christmas presents. Both were jailed on intent-to-deliver and drug-tax-stamp charges, and the sheriff's office put the marijuana's street value at $336,000.
🇺🇸 York County, Nebraska · Nebraska, United States
Deputies in Nebraska pulled over a truck after noticing a strong smell coming
from it during a routine highway traffic stop.[1]The occupants were Patrick
Jiron, 80, and his wife Barbara Jiron, 83, who lived in Northern California and
said they were taking the drugs to Vermont.[1]Both were jailed in York County
on felony possession of marijuana with intent to deliver and no drug tax stamp.[1]
A probable cause search of the couple’s Toyota Tacoma turned up the marijuana in
boxes, according to Lt. Paul Vrbka of the York County Sheriff’s Department.[1]Large bags found inside held about 60 pounds of marijuana, roughly 27.2 kg.[1]The stop took place on Dec. 19, 2017, the date the sheriff’s department gave for
its photograph of the load.[1]
Vrbka said the couple told investigators the marijuana was for Christmas
presents.[1]Vrbka estimated the marijuana’s street value at $336,000.[1]
California’s law legalizing recreational marijuana did not take effect until
Jan. 1, and marijuana remained illegal in Nebraska.[1]
Photos and video
Bags of the roughly 60 pounds of marijuana found in the couple's Toyota Tacoma on Dec. 19, 2017. Photo: York County Sheriff's DepartmentPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
27.216 kg
Value (official estimate)
USD 336,000
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (27.216 kg)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle
Case stage
Sentenced
Sources
NBC Newsnbcnews.comElderly couple had 60 pounds of marijuana 'presents,' police say
Open questions the AI reported
The article also calls the stop "this week" and does not give the date in its own text; 19 December 2017 comes from the caption of the sheriff's department photograph.
The highway and nearest town are not named in the opened account, so the place is recorded at district precision for York County.
The 60 pounds is the sheriff's reported weight; no separate laboratory weight was published.
The $336,000 street value is a sheriff's lieutenant's estimate, not a market or laboratory valuation.
No court outcome beyond the two arrests and jailing was reported.
Only one account could be opened; the York News-Times article relied on by NBC News and syndicated versions were inaccessible, and search returned no further reporting on this case.
The only picture published with the account is the seized marijuana in bags and boxes, credited to the York County Sheriff's Department; no photograph of the stop or the couple was published.
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