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 friday,five members of a 15 man syndicate,specialising in dollar counterfeiting and defrauding members of the public were arrested by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS}.The suspects who were identified as 32 years old Ade Oladele,33 years old Friday Philip,35 years old Israel Ibeh,30 years old Oyewole Thompson and 31 years old Onyegbuchi Godwin were arrested at Oko Baba Sule,off Wilmer Bridge around Olodi Apapa area of Lagos.The syndicate led by their gang leader,simply identified as ''Toronto'' had defrauded Chioma Anozie of N210,000 under the pretext of supplying her phones and laptops.One of the gang members,Oyewole Thompson,met Anozie at Mile 2 pretending to be a foreigner looking for a marketer to help sell off a huge consignment of mobile phone and laptops.It was there she was directed to bring money to get the consignment.Found with the suspects were several denominations of fake US dollars and four mobile phones.The lady they duped Chioma Anozie said ''They told me to bring money.I paid them N210,000 and thereafter,i was asked to bring three live chickens in place of a newly born child's head,a pack of white handkerchiefs and traditional soap for money money making rituals''.
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