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...
Today thursday,a radio broadcaster 46 year old Cosme Maestrado was shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the southern Philippines.The victim is the third media professional to be killed in the past two weeks.He was shot dead by a lone gunman near a shopping centre in a busy street in Ozamiz city,about 780 kilometres south of Manila.The victim was a hard hitting radio commentator in Ozamiz,criticizing corruption and other abuses of government officials in the area.Maestrado survived a previous attack in November 2011.Investigators are still determining the motive behind the attack.Last week two media professionals from the eastern province of Sorsogon and the southern province of Davao were killed by unidentified gunmen.Maestrado was the sixth journalist killed in the country this year,and the 30th since President Benigno Aquino took office in 2010,according to the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines.Presidential Communications Secretary,Herminio Coloma,urged the police to immediately resolve the attack.He said in a statement that ''We strongly condemn the killing.The local police have been directed to identify and arrest those responsible for the killing''.One more photo below. 
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