Marijuana disguised as Christmas gifts

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Some people won't be getting the Christmas presents they were expecting.

Police seized about 9kg of marijuana from a car this week - some of it in luggage, and some in boxes wrapped as Christmas gifts.

The Highway Patrol says troopers found the marijuana in the car they stopped for speeding on Interstate 44 near Joplin, Missouri.

Two California women in the car gave troopers permission to search the vehicle. Both were charged Tuesday with one marijuana-related count and released on US$1000 bond.

- AP