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A massive marijuana bust has left US cops stumped after they found $100 million worth of the drug, neatly bagged up but without an owner in sight.
Neighbours who noted a strong smell coming from a newly built warehouse called detectives to a property in Oak Hills, California.
Once they got inside, they found the whole 450-square-meter structure stuffed with trash bags full of marijuana.
The 3,000 bags weighed 45 tons and took officers two days and 51 truckloads to move.
But who owns the haul with a street value of over $100 million is a mystery.
Detective Chris Bassett of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department admitted that the find stumped officers.
Asked by a reporter if investigators had any idea who it belonged to, he replied: "Not at this time."
"The first thought that went through my mind is, where is this marijuana going? Is it going to illegal dispensaries? Is it going to be distributed throughout the United States?" he said.
Marijuana, both medicinally and recreationally, is legal in California, but commercial cultivation requires a permit.
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