Florida sheriff’s department uses Facebook to find ‘rightful owner’ of $2 million in weed

Florida sheriff’s department uses Facebook to find ‘rightful owner’ of $2 million in weed

If you happened to misplace 770 pounds of high-grade weed, a sheriff’s department in Florida is looking to return it to you.

The Brevard County Sheriff’s Office created a snide Facebook post on Oct. 6 to find the rightful owner of $2 million worth of marijuana found in a mini-storage facility in Viera, roughly 50 miles from Orlando.

“All of us at one point or another in our lives have lost or misplaced something important and are always hopeful that a good and kind person will find our lost item and do the right thing by returning it to (its) rightful owner,” the Facebook post said.

The viral post has garnered more than 39,000 likes, and the department said the owner could claim their property with “no strings attached.”

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“Once we properly identify you as the rightful owner we will gladly return your property and also make sure that both you and your property are kept in a secure area so that no one can try to rip you off!!”

The sheriff’s office concluded the post by saying it would throw in an all-expenses-paid “staycation” for the owner as a way to thank them and so they can “reflect for a while on exactly how much your lost property means to you!!”

In July, officials seized 373,000 marijuana plants – the largest marijuana drug bust in Los Angeles County history – that had a street value of $1 billion.

In August, the U.S. Coast Guard netted the largest amount of illegal narcotics in its history: 59,700 pounds of cocaine and 1,430 pounds of marijuana.

Follow reporter Asha Gilbert @Coastalasha. Email: [email protected].