The Associated Press is reporting that former mountain biking world champion Melissa “Missy” Giove was arrested Thursday on federal drug charges after authorities seized more than 200 pounds of marijuana from a truck she was driving in upstate New York.
Apparently Missy had just 220 pounds of pot in the back of the truck, but close to 400 pounds altogether including at her home. Her and a man named Eric Canori were planning on distributing more than 100 kilos of the Mary Jane.
Giove was the downhill world champion in 1994 and won World Cup season titles in 1997 and 1998, then won national titles in 1999, 2000 and 2001. She was one of the sports’ first female stars and retired in 2003.
In a related story, a truckload carrying over 200 pounds of Cool Ranch Doritos and 600 kilos of Funyuns were also seized in connection with Missy’s arrest.
