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Teen caught with $81K of pot at Port of Douglas

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A teenager has been detained for allegedly attempting to smuggle marijuana through the Port of Douglas.

Customers and Border Protection referred a 17-year-old girl, from Douglas, to a secondary inspection on Wednesday where they found more than 160 pounds of marijuana--worth $81,000--in her Pontiac sedan.

The drugs and the girl's vehicle were turned over to the Douglas Police Department.