MAN FINDS $4,800 IN POT AT AUCTION PAINTING
CANTON, Ga. (AP) — A Cherokee County man found a hidden treasure in a painting he bought at an auction: four pounds of marijuana.
Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about five years ago. He found the drugs last weekend when he tried to sell the artwork at another auction.
Clement planned to ask $25 for the piece. Police said the marijuana was worth about $4,800.
Alarmed, he called his lawyer and turned the painting over to authorities.
Gordon Clement, 80, discovered the pot stashed inside of the painting, which he bought at a post office auction about five years ago. He found the drugs last weekend when he tried to sell the artwork at another auction.
Clement planned to ask $25 for the piece. Police said the marijuana was worth about $4,800.
Alarmed, he called his lawyer and turned the painting over to authorities.
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