In a bizarre story, a suspicious situation where a couple of men were moving a safe lead to multiple arrests and felony drug charges for the victim of the theft.
According to the Providence Journal, police stopped the men after a witness called in the suspicious situation with the men taking the safe.
Shortly thereafter, a man reported his safe stolen, so the story matched up. However, in order to prove the safe was his, he unlocked in in front of the police, only to reveal the safe’s contents included $5000 in cash, and two pounds of marijuana. The police then arrested the man for felony possession of marijuana with intent to deliver or distribute.
The thieves were also issued separate charges with possession of marijuana for pot found in their vehicle during the theft, as well as the burglary offense.
All in all, not a banner day for the criminal element in Portsmouth, RI.
