MILLBURY, Ohio, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Ohio state troopers arrested a California man with a truck stuffed full of marijuana wrapped to look like Christmas presents. 
 
 Troopers pulled over Daniel Yates, 31, of Eureka, Calif., on Wednesday for following too closely. The trunk and back seat of a rented Ford Expedition was packed with boxes wrapped to look like Christmas presents. A drug-sniffing police dog alerted troopers to the contents. 
 
 Once unwrapped, officers found approximately 71 pounds of marijuana, 360 THC pills and a pound of hash wax oil. The haul's estimated street value was $330,000. 
 
 Yates was charged with drug possession and trafficking, both felonies. If convicted, he faces up to 16 years in prison and up to a $30,000 fine. ||||| For Immediate Release: November 23, 2016 
 
 Contact: Lieutenant Scott Wyckhouse (419) 423-3435 
 
 Troopers seize 71 pounds of marijuana in Wood County traffic stop 
 
 MILLBURY – A California man is facing felony drug charges after Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers seized 71 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $330,000, following a traffic stop in Wood County. 
 
 On November 21, 2016, at 10:16 a.m., troopers stopped a rented 2016 Ford Expedition, with Washington State license plate registration, for following too closely on Interstate 80, near milepost 71. Troopers observed criminal indicators and a Patrol drug-sniffing canine alerted to the vehicle. A probable cause search revealed 10 gift wrapped boxes containing approximately 71 pounds of marijuana, 360 THC pills and a pound of hash wax oil. 
 
 The driver, Daniel A. Yates, 31, of Eureka, Calf, was incarcerated in the Wood County Jail and charged with possession and trafficking in drugs, both second-degree felonies. 
 
 If convicted, he could face up to 16 years in prison and up to a $30,000 fine. 
 
 
 
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– What happens in California should stay in California—especially if what happened was someone meticulously wrapping $330,000 worth of THC pills, hash wax oil, and marijuana (about 71 pounds) like Christmas presents, UPI reports. Instead, per an Ohio State Highway Patrol press release, 31-year-old Daniel Yates apparently decided to cross state lines with these "gifts" in the trunk of a rented 2016 Ford Expedition, and when he was pulled over Monday morning for driving too closely, a drug-sniffing police dog alerted its human colleagues to Yates' cargo. Yates was charged with the felonies of possession and trafficking in drugs, which could net him up to a $30,000 fine and up to 16 years in prison if he's convicted. (A marijuana Christmas tree was seized in Germany a few years back.)