North Naples pot bust seizes marijuana wax

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NORTH NAPLES, Fla.- Two men were arrested at a North Naples apartment complex after deputies found thousands of grams of marijuana and “dab” inside their unit.

Jose Barreto, 27, and Francisco Javier Pineda Castillo, 24, were arrested late Thursday night.

A deputy responded to the complex on an unrelated call regarding a stolen bike for sale, when he smelled marijuana.

He knocked on Barreto and Castillo’s door, when they opened it, reports show many of the drugs were in plain sight. Undercover detectives found the wax in jars, marijuana, bongs, baggies, digital scales and a vacuum sealer. More than 2,000 grams of marijuana was confiscated and nearly 35 grams of the wax.

Marijuana wax is known as dab or budder. It gives more than four times the high of regular marijuana and has been known to cause explosions and severe burns because of the gas used to create it.

The Collier County Drug Free Coalition warns parents that many times “dab” is concealed by young people in a lip balm container.

 

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