{"id":53551,"date":"2025-01-19T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=53551"},"modified":"2025-01-19T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T22:23:03","slug":"man-caught-with-marijuana-outside-auburndale-school-says-he-sells-it-because-its-hard-to-get-a-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/01\/19\/man-caught-with-marijuana-outside-auburndale-school-says-he-sells-it-because-its-hard-to-get-a-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Man caught with marijuana outside Auburndale School says he sells it because it\u2019s hard to get a job"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An Auburndale man was arrested Tuesday at the entrance of a Polk County middle school after a Florida Highway Patrol trooper found him in possession of marijuana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just after noon, a trooper pulled over a vehicle with darkly tinted windows traveling southbound on Berkley Road in Auburndale. The driver came to a stop at the entrance of Berkley Accelerated Middle School.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trooper smelled a strong odor of \u201cburnt and raw marijuana\u201d coming from the vehicle, driven by 23-year-old Zaylen Drasdo. The driver could not hand over his driver\u2019s license or his alleged medical marijuana card because his wallet was stolen last week, he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drasdo denied smoking the substance in the vehicle or having any hemp or marijuana inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the trooper said he would search the vehicle, Drasdo uttered that \u201che knows he\u2019s going to jail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Inside the vehicle, the trooper found two large bags containing 311.7 grams of marijuana, a scale, several clear plastic sandwich bags, a container labeled THC resin, 10 boxes of Liquid Diamon THC pens containing 45 THC pens (each labeled 90.12% THC), and $980 in cash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trooper asked Drasdo if he was selling marijuana to which he replied, \u201cYes, I\u2019m not going to lie to you.\u201d He then claimed it\u2019s hard to get a job and that he\u2019s been trying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drasdo was arrested on charges of possessing marijuana and drugs, distributing marijuana, and possessing drug equipment. He was taken to the Polk County Jail and is being held without bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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