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...

A FEDERAL HIGH COURT IN ABUJA,GRANTED RAYMOND DOKPESI BAIL TODAY.

                           Today monday,a Federal High Court in Abuja granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi,who is standing trial over alleged more than  two billion naira fraud.In a ruling Justice Gabriel Kolawole granted bail to Raymond Dokpesi in the sum of N400 million and two sureties in like sum.He said that each surety must have a landed property with two hundred million naira each.Justice Kolawle said that one of the sureties must be a serving or retired civil servant of the rank of a director in either the Federal or State Civil service.He further said if retired,the srety must show a retirement letter indicating the organisation where he or she had served.The second surety must be a private entrepreneur with evidence of three years tax clearance certificate and a verifiable landed property worth two hundred million naira.The sureties must sign an undertaking of forfeiture of the property to the Federal Government,in the event that the defendant did not make himself available for trial.The Judge ordered that the international passport of the defendant should be deposited with the registar of the court.He said failure to perfect the bail conditions,the defendant should be remanded in Kuje prison pending the time all the conditions would be met.He also directed that Dokpesi should not be arrested by any government agency for any investigation and if any government agency wanted further investigation on the case,it should approach the defendant's lawyers to make him available.One more photo below.                                                                                                                   

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  1. he is granted bail for taking 2billion that was meant for fighting Boko Haram, yet an indian hemp seller is sentenced to life imprisonment. Nigeria Juidiciary I hail thee

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