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...

A LAGOS BASED HOTELIER OKORO,WAS RE-ARRAIGNED TODAY BY EFCC FOR DUPING A GERMAN MAN.

                       According to sources,the Economoc and Financial crimes Commission,EFCC today monday re-arraigned a Lagos based Hotelier,Augunos Okoro,for allegedly defrauding a German businessman of $330,000.He is facing a 38 count charge bordering on conspiracy,obtaining money by false pretences,forgery and altering.Augunos Okoro,who is the proprietor of Lagos York Hotels,was previously arraigned on 30 May 2003,before Justice Kudirat Kekere Ekun and had pleaded not guilty to the charge.He was re-arraigned before Joseph Oyewole who granted Okoro bail before the trial was stalled as a result of his alleged ill health.The case was transferred to Justice Ipaye due to the fact that the previous Judge Joseph Oyewole was promoted to the court of appeal.It was established by the EFCC Lawyer {Prosecutor} Miss Taiwo Ogunleye,thar Mr Okoro conspired with Morris Ibekwe {now deceased} and Chief E.A Okoro to commit the offence between October and November 1992.She said the defendant obtained the money from the complainant,Mr Klaus Munch and his firm System Organisation of Germany.She further said that Mr Okoro claimed that the money was sunday payments to various government officials for the facilitation of a $30 million project on behalf of the company.Okoro allegedly perpetrated the fraud by forging the seal,stamps and other documents of various Federal Government Agencies.Okoro pleaded not guilty to the charge,when it was read to him.Okoro was allowed to continue to be on bail earlier granted to him by the the former trial Judge.The matter is adjourned till 9th of December for trial.One more picture below.                    

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