MASON CITY – Police prevented a North Iowa man from taking home his marijuana Friday morning.
According to Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals, Friday morning at about 8:51 AM, a member of the North Central Iowa Narcotics Task Force and the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a suspicious package at a local parcel shipping company.
After an investigation, Christopher Michael West, age 45, of Ventura, was taken into custody near the 2300 block of South Jefferson Avenue and charged with Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Deliver, Failure to Affix a Drug Tax Stamp and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
West was in possession of a large amount of marijuana that was shipped from another state that has legalized marijuana for medicinal or recreational purposes.
West transported to the Cerro Gordo County Jail booked and bonded out.
On January 1, 2014, marijuana sales for recreational use became legal in the state of Colorado.