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...

NIGERIAN UNION OF JOURNALIST,DEMONSTRATED INFRONT OF THISDAY NEWSPAPER IN APAPA OVER UNPAID SALARIES.

               Today tuesday,the Nigerian Union of Journalists {NUJ picketed Thisday Newspaper,in Apapa over nine months salary arrears owed its workers.The union officials,who carried placard and barricaded the office headquarters of the organisation,condemned the continuous failure of media organisations to pay salaries of their workers,especially journalists.Mr Deji Elumoye,NUJ Lagos state Chairman told NAN that there were 12 other media houses that were not paying workers their wages.According to him,he led the picketing of Thisday Newspaper to show example that charity begins at home.''I am an associate editor in Thisday,that is why i chose to picket Thisday first.There are other media organisations owing over two years and we will go to all of them.It is time to put a stop to non-payment of salaries in the media organisations.Many families cannot pay their house rent or pay their children's school fees.The journalists are paid peanuts,yet they do not get the salaries.It is said.Anyone that cannot operate and pay workers should close the business.I call on the publisher of This day,Mr Nduka Obaegbena to pay his workers all their entitlements.I also call call on the National Pension Commission to prosecute media owners,who do not remit workers pension to serve as deterrent to others''.

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