{"id":234778,"date":"2026-04-16T21:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234778\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:27:12","slug":"florida-man-caught-hauling-over-2000-lbs-of-marijuana-on-i-75-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/234778\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida man caught hauling over 2,000 lbs. of marijuana on I-75"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man was found traveling along with over 2,000 pounds of marijuana on I-75 in Sumter County.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Florida%20Highway%20Patrol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Florida Highway Patrol Tampa <\/a>posted on X on Wednesday with a gallery of photos showcasing the seizure conducted by K-9 Lobo.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Florida man was found traveling along with over 2,000 pounds of marijuana on I-75 in Sumter County. (FHP)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776374832_657_5096c712-cf3f-4752-a808-b08f30c7e289-k9lobo2.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Florida man was found traveling along with over 2,000 pounds of marijuana on I-75 in Sumter County. (FHP)<\/p>\n<p>See also:<a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/we-will-find-you-fort-pierce-drug-bust-nets-2-arrests-and-stash-of-fentanyl-florida-news-crime-fentanyl-drug-bust-swat-team-dea-us-marshals-task-force-narcotics-cocaine-methamphetamine-poison-drug-trafficking-crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> &#8216;We will find you&#8217;: Fort Pierce drug bust nets 2 arrests and stash of fentanyl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the post, it states a 55-year-old Largo man was found with the drugs.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Highway Patrol said the total amount of marijuana seized was 2,025 pounds. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A Florida man was found traveling along with over 2,000 pounds of marijuana&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234284,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-234778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}