Crime & Safety

Pot-Packed Care Bear Arrives on Man's Porch

A suspicious package that turned up at the home of a North Canton man contained a Care Bear filled with five pounds of marijuana

A Care Bear filled with about five pounds of pot arrived at a North Canton resident's home earlier this month.

The man, who lives in the 600 block of 6th Street NW, called police April 7 after opening up a suspicious package that was mailed to his house.

Inside was a yellow Care Bear (Funshine Bear, for those Care Bear know-it-alls out there) stuffed with a bag of marijuana, which police said weighed about five pounds.

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Talk about pot-bellied.

Police classified the report as drug trafficking, a fourth-degree felony.

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Sgt. John Minock said Thursday the department has nothing new to report on the case. He said the package was addressed to someone the man was unfamiliar with.


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