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A cooler containing nearly 4 pounds of weed was left at a Goodwill store in Washington over the weekend.

(Courtesy/Monroe Police)

A Goodwill store in Monroe, Washington, got a very generous, though likely illegal, donation over the weekend: nearly $25,000 of weed dropped off in a cooler.

It was unclear exactly when the cooler was dropped off or if the person who left it intended to donate the marijuana or if they just forgot the cooler they were donating was full of weed.

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

This cooler was donated over the weekend to the Goodwill. Employees surprised when they opened the lid. Police were called... pic.twitter.com/50z1OinsER — Monroe PD (@MonroePolice) March 14, 2017

Washington law states that adults can purchase and possess up to 1 ounce of weed. Investigators estimated the street value of the pot -- all 3.75 pounds of it -- at roughly $24,000, according to Q13 Fox News.

Employees at Goodwill were reviewing surveillance footage to try and identify the generous, if misguided, benefactor.

-- Kale Williams

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