A man was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida, after police found him handing out marijuana to people on the street.

Richard Ellis Spurrier, 67, told authorities he was giving out the recreational drug "because it was Christmas." Officers found Spurrier in possession of 45 grams of marijuana and charged him with intent to sell.

One witness, Shannon Robinson, told BayNews9, “Yeah, he was like, ‘Merry Christmas, merry Christmas,’ and ... the cop came right up behind him and was like, ‘What are you doing?'"

Spurrier was reportedly found with a glass pipe, a digital scale used to weigh marijuana, and a sword hidden inside his walking cane.

He was released shortly after being processed by the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office. In 2018, Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott repealed the ban of medical marijuana in the state, but recreational use is still prohibited.