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...

PRESIDENT BUHARI,APPOINTS OBASANJO AS HIS SPECIAL ENVOY TO GUINEA BISSAU.

                     According to sources,President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister,Mr Domingos Pereira,and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz.This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja today friday by the president's Special Adviser on Media and Publicity,Mr Femi Adesina.It stated that Buhari had already sent former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in that country.According to the statement,Buhari's peace mission is in demonstration of true African solidarity and brotherhood.The statement maintained that Obasanjo had embarked on the first leg of his mission by consulting with the current Chairman of the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government,President Macky Sall of Senegal in Dakar yesterday thursday.''It is regrettable that while Chief Obasanjo was still consulting with President Sall,President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea Bissau proceeded to appoint and swear in a new Prime Minister in the person of Mr Baciro Dja,a development that has worsened the political situation in his country''.President Buhari appealed for calm and called on the leadership in Guinea Bissau to exercise utmost restraint and ensure the maintenance of law and order as efforts continue to resolve the current crisis.He further urged the leadership in Guinea Bissau,including the military,to ensure respect for constitutional order,sanctity of life and safety of citizens''.

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