TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).
Texas man arrested with 75 pounds of marijuana in luggage while flying to London, police say A Texas man was arrested at Miami International Airport after authorities found 75 pounds of marijuana in his luggage before he could board a flight to London. Harrison O’Neill Tiernan, 23, from Austin, was charged with cannabis trafficking. He was traveling to Heathrow Airport and had checked two suitcases for his British Airways flight. Inspectors discovered 65 vacuum-sealed packages containing a green, leafy substance later confirmed to be marijuana. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped Tiernan while he attempted to board the flight, and he acknowledged that the bags were his. Authorities noted the inspections were part of broader efforts at the airport due to high outbound narcotics activity. In total, Tiernan was carrying 34.01 kilograms, or 74.98 pounds, of marijuana. Homeland Security initially declined the case because the amount did not meet the federal threshold, a...
Elias Preko 54 years old,an ex banker and from Ghana was sentenced to four and the half years in prison by a London court on Monday for laundering $5MILLION on behalf of James Ibori,the former Governor of Delta state.Ibori is serving 13 years in a British jail after pleading guilty last year to 10 counts of fraud and money laundering.Elias Preko,became the fifth of Iboris's associates to be jailed for assisting his corruption after the Ex-Governor's wife,mistress,sister and lawyer were all convicted by British courts in previous trials.Elias Preko a Harvard graduate,had left Golman Sacks bank before he committed the offences and the bank is not accused of any wrong doing.the court heard Preko tried to open accounts on Ibori's.behalf when he still worked there but this was not authorized by the bank.
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