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Suspects Tried to Eat Pot, North Port Police Say

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Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Published: February 25, 2009

NORTH PORT - Two 19-year-old Port Charlotte men have been charged with tampering with evidence after trying unsuccessfully to gobble down a bag of marijuana before police could find it.

Robert Leonard Harnum and Nathan Lee Guara, both of Port Charlotte, were arrested early Saturday after being stopped by North Port police on Toledo Blade Boulevard.

Police stopped the pair because they failed to dim their high beams when approaching oncoming traffic. Arresting officer Miguel Segura reported that he noticed a smell of marijuana coming from the vehicle when he approached it.

After checking the identification of the vehicle's occupants, Segura said he walked back to the car and found both men covered in a "little, green leafy-like substance" he identified as marijuana. Both were chewing, and having trouble, swallowing, Segura reported. He later found four grams of marijuana in Harnum's shoes, according to reports.

Harnum and Guara were taken to South County Jail. Harnum was charged with possession of less than 20 grams marijuana in addition to the tampering charge.

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