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A Silver Lake man's attempt to install solar panels at his home was interrupted when he found $175,000 worth of marijuana -- bottled, bundled and vacuumed-sealed -- stowed in a vault under a backyard hot tub.
<br><strong>More:</strong> <a style="color: #2262cc;" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/12/silver-lake-man-finds-175k-worth-of-weed.html">'Oh. My. God. Someone's coming back for this.'</a>

Man finds $175,000 in pot in backyard, then things get weird

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A Silver Lake man's attempt to install solar panels at his home was interrupted when he found $175,000 worth of marijuana -- bottled, bundled and vacuumed-sealed -- stowed in a vault under a backyard hot tub.
More: 'Oh. My. God. Someone's coming back for this.'

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