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Pair Arrested After Deputies Intercept 10 Pounds Of Pot

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Published: March 2, 2009

Burt E. Temple

Penny L. Porter

Deputies intercepted 10 pounds of marijuana heading to a Riverview home, and when investigators entered the home, they found several guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, Hillsborough County deputies say.

Deputies arrested Burt E. Temple, 44, and Penny L. Porter, 46 about 4 p.m. Friday.

Temple and Porter were each charged with possession of marijuana with intent to sell, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The marijuana was heading to 6826 Alafia Drive when the sheriff's office's Major Violators Unit intercepted it. Members of the unit came to the Riverview home, and Temple and Porter said they were expecting the drugs, deputies say.

Inside a safe in Temple's bedroom, deputies found about 56 grams of marijuana as well as a shotgun, handguns, rifles, ammunition and a Ruger .22 caliber semi-automatic handgun with a homemade silencer.

The drugs are worth about $10,000, deputies say.

Bail for Temple and Porter was set at $9,000 each. They have since been released from jail.

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