Authorities Find 610 Pounds of Marijuana in Caskets

from tucson citizen

SALLISAW, Okla. - Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers found 610 pounds of marijuana hidden in caskets in a truck they pulled over near this eastern Oklahoma town.

The driver, Timothy G. Hynd, 26, and his passenger, Robert Dean Harper, told a trooper they were working for a Tucson, Ariz., casket company and their destination was Atlanta. They were pulled over early Friday for going 6 mph over the speed limit.

The marijuana was found after troopers were given permission to search the truck.

Hynd and Harper were charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute and were freed on bond Monday after making an initial appearance in federal court in Muskogee.

"Hynd is 26 and has never been in any kind of trouble," said his attorney, Donn Baker. "He was just delivering caskets for a living. He didn't check inside the caskets for drugs - would you?"

Harper also has never been in any legal trouble, said his attorney, Chad Richardson, who said Harper was unaware the marijuana was there.