TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 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...

30 CIVIL SERVANTS,KIDNAPPED IN MALI.

                30 civil servants were aducted by Tuarey MNLA separatists in Mali's northern town of Kidal during fighting on Saturday that also wounded 23 government soldiers.Fighting erupted early on Saturday ahead of the arrival of Prime Minister Moussa Mara,who was visiting Kidal for the first time since his appointment last month.He is seeking to revive long delayed peace talks with northern armed groups.Adama Kamissoko said ''Some 30 of our civil servants were kidnapped by the assailants who attacked the governor's office.There were 23 wounded,including three who were seriously injured were evacuated by helicopter''.A Malian military man said ''Te gun battle erupted after MNLA fighters aboard two pickup trucks attacked an army checkpoint infront of the governors office.Mean while a spokesman for the MNLA said the army attacked first,opening fire on the group's barracks following pro-independence protests in the town.                               

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