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 monday,a Lagos High Court Judge,Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo sentenced a Court Registrar Oluronke Rosolu {Pictured above covering her face},to 10 years imprisonment for aiding Fred Ajudua to defraud former Chief of Army Staff,Lt.Gen.Ishaya Bamiyi {retired} of $330,000.Justice Lawal-Akapo sentenced Rosolu to 10 years imprisonment each on the two count charged of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretence levelled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.Rosolu is standing trial over allegation that she aided Fred Ajudua to defraud General Ishaya Bamaiyi while he was in Kirikiri prisons.She was alleged to have visited the Kirikiri prisons on three occasions in 2004 and collected $300,000 from Bamaiyi under the pretence that the money would be used to secure legal services from Afe Babalola chambers for him.The court registrar who will be due for retirement from the Lagos Judiciary early next year,was initially arraigned along with Ajudua and other persons still at large but opted for a separate trial.During her trial,Rosolu denied all the allegations against her and insisted that prisons evidence presented by the EFCC showed that Rosoly and Ajudua were co-conspirators.According to the Judge,a piece of evidence,a petition written by Ajudua found in Rosolu's house during a search by the EFCC showed that both were working together.On the allegation that she never collected any money from Bamaiti while in prison,the Judge held that not being able to show where she was on the dates she was purported to have visited the prisons and collected the money,he had no option but to believe the evidence of the EFCC witnesses.The Justice subsequently held that the EFCC has proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt.After listening to the plea of leniency by Rosolu's lawyer,Bar Bamidele Ogundele,the Judge sentenced her to 10 years imprisonment.One more photo below. 
Lt.Gen.Ishaya Bamaiyi.
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