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 sources,two passengers were confirmed dead,while one other person sustained severe injuries,when two trains collided yesterday sunday in Agege,Lagos state.Mr Akin Osinowo,Lagos Railway District Manager {RDM},confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria {NANA},today monday.Osinowo called on the families of the deceased to come and collect the corpses at the Federal Medical Centre {FMC},Ebute Meta,with relevant information.Osinowo said that the two casualties were passengers who illegally hanged on the rooftop of the moving train.The injured passenger was currently receiving treatment at an hospital.The district manager said that the Managing Director of the NRC,Mr Adeseyi Sijuwade,has instituted a panel of inquiry to find out the immediate and remote causes of the incident.
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