Story highlights Sarasota authorities are asking the bong's owner to come forward, claim property

Though it's spawned great jokes, incident was high on police priority list at first

(CNN) A Florida sheriff's bomb squad became the "bong unit" this week.

Full disclosure: The writer of this story cannot take credit for the clever turn of phrase. It originated with whoever is in charge of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office's social media accounts.

That person, it seems, had jokes about Tuesday's wild goose chase.

"By the way, if the owner wants to claim their property we'd love to talk to them!" read a Facebook post

Yeah, those expectations may be a little high.

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