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...

NIGERIAN ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION IS SET TO SIGN NEW TARIFFS FOR NIGERIANS THIS WEEK.

NERC to release new adjusted  electricity rate                         These weekend,the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission {NERC} at the weekend said that after duly considering the various individual electricity tarriff submissions of the 11 electricity distribution companies {Disco} in Nigeria's electricity market,the new tariffs  will be ready and signed off for use this week.Though techinical details of the new tariff structure have been finalised by the regulator,NERC said at a workshop in Abuja that a final regulatory meeting would be held in the week to conclude the process and then sign it off.NERC Chairman,Dr Sam Amadi said that the regulator had held meetiings with Discos to finalise on their respective tariff proposals.He said that the commission had gotten feed backs from both government,the Disco and would now conclude the process.''We have gone to the Discos,gotten feedback,gone to government and gotten feedback.We have not finalised.In our view,we have basically done the crunching of numbers.It is not about tariff increase,it is also not about their financial outlaw.We have done the technical work,remaining the regulatory work,by next week,we should sign off on the new tariff''.

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