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...

SENATOR SARAKI'S TRIAL,WILL BEGIN ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER 2015.

               Today tuesday,Senator Bukola Saraki appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal and he pleaded not guilty .Justice Danladi Umar,Chairman of the Tribunal,ajourned the sitting to allow Saraki receive proper brief of the 13 count charge against him.Saraki is accused of offences which include anticipatory declaration of assets,false declaration of assets in forms he filed before the Code of Conduct Bureau while he was governor of Kwara state.Other charges are that the Senate President failed to declare some assets he acquired while in office as governor.Among other offences includes allegedly acquiring assets beyond his legitimate earnings,Saraki is also accused of operating foreign accounts while being a public officer governor and senator.The charges were prepared by M.S Hassan,a deputy director in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation.The said offences violated sections of the fifth Schedule of 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended.He is also said to have breached Section 2 of the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act and punishable under paragraph 9 of the said fifth Schedule of the Nigerian Constitution.Both prosecution and defence counsel have agreed on October 21,22 and 23 for the main trial.

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