Marijuana found in melon shipment

OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Officials at an Interstate 75 weigh station

in Marion County reported finding more than 800 pounds of marijuana

hidden in a load of cantaloupes being hauled by a semitrailer.

Department of Transportation officials arrested and charged the

driver, 31-year-old Richard Garfield Coulton, with marijuana

trafficking after Thursday's discovery. The Orlando man, who is

originally from Jamaica, was reportedly on his way from Arizona to

Miami.

A judge set Coulton's bail Friday at $50,000.

Coulton told the Ocala Star-Banner that he did not know anything

about the marijuana and that no one had access to the truck.