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...
According to eyewitnesses,today wednesday,there was an explosion in Kantin Kwari textile market in Kano and 15 dead bodies have been counted so far.Kano Police Commissioner,Aderele Shinaba said ''Two female suicide bombers arrived at the market pretending to be buyers of textile materials.As they entered the market,they went behind Access Banl and requested water they could use to ease themselves with in one of the market latrines.When they were denied water,the women engaged the sellers in an argument,drawing a crowed before the two bombers detonated their explosives.The blast occured at a place known as Filling paring along Ibrahim Taiwo way,a major intersection leading to popular Kano Kantin Kwari market''.
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