Men found with ‘medicinal’ marijuana

A University of Arizona Police Department officer responded to the Tyndall Avenue Parking Garage on Friday at 11:34 p.m. after someone reported that the smell of marijuana was coming from the top level.

The officer found five men standing near the southeast staircase on the top level of the garage and could smell burning marijuana.

The officer had the men sit against a wall while he searched the area. He found three small cigars with burnt marijuana inside.

The men admitted to the officer that had been smoking the cigars before the officer arrived and that the marijuana was owned by all five of them.

The officer also found an empty prescription pill bottle near the men, in which the marijuana had been. The bottle had a label from California that read for medicinal use only.

All five men were arrested for unlawful possession of marijuana and were cited and released. The officer also filled out Code of Conduct referrals for the Dean of Students for each of the students.

The 2.5 grams of marijuana and pill bottle were placed into UAPD property as evidence.