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...
According to sources,three suspected armed robbers were today friday set ablaze at Orunu junction in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State by some youths.The youths are suspected to be from the adjourning communities where the suspected robbers met their Waterloo.An eyewitness said the robbers,numbering five had taken over the road and began robbing commuters when the youths suddenly appeared on the scene.A source said that unknown to them,the villagers who were tired on incessant attacks on the road which leads to Idah Local Government Area from Lokoja the state capital rushed out and descended on them.The villaagers said the source refused to be intimidated by the armed bandits,whoo were said to be foreigners from a neighbouring African country.According to him ''The villagers came out in their numbers and in the process seized their guns before crushing three of them to death with heavy stones,clubs and other dangerous weapons.Two of the armed robbers escaped into the bush while three were burnt to ashes after they were given the beating of their lives''.According to The Nation,the Kogi State Police Public Relation Officer {PPRO},William Aya who confirmed the incident said the police discovered three dead on the road.He said nobody was seen at the scene but that the police have commenced investigation into the matter.One more photo below. 
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