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...
A statement in Port Harcourt by Ahmad Muhammad,the State Police Command Public Relations Officer,PPRO said ''Their rescue came on the heels of the timely and actionable information received from a patriotic citizen who saw when the duo while in transit near Elebrada junction along East-West toad were stopped by armed men and forcefully dragged into the nearby bush,abandoning the victim's Toyota Highlander SUV by the roadside.Quick response to the information by policemen and subsequent combing of the forest led to gun duel with the suspected kidnappers were gunned down while their other co-traveller escaped.The victims according to them,were on their way to Lagos''.The victim's vehicle,two locally made pistols and two objects suspected to be charms were recovered after the rescue operation.
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