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A man rolls a joint during a demonstration demanding the approval of the use of marijuana for medicinal and recreational purposes in front of the Mexican Senate building in Mexico City Pedro Pardo/ AFP

Workers at a charity shop in Monroe, Washington made an unexpected discovery last week (6 March) when they opened a donated cool box to discover nearly four ounces of weed inside.

The plastic box and the plastic baggies inside were donated to a Goodwill in the Pacific Northwest. The workers from the state immediately called the police when they made the discovery.

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"(The) employees were surprised when they opened the lid," the police said in a tweet.

The local Fox news affiliate Q13 reported he cooler contained 3.75lbs of pot, with an estimated street value of $24,000.

The charity shop is now in the process of looking over its surveillance videos to see if they can identify the individual who dropped off the cooler.