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...

OVER THE WEEKEND,AT LEAST 21 HUTUS WERE KILLED IN EASTERN CONGO.

                            According to the United Nation who said yesterday monday that,at least 21 people were killed,40 wounded and dozens of houses burned down in this weekend attacks aimed at Hutus in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.U.N spokesman Amouzoun Codjo Martin said the weekend attacks were carried out by members of two militias,the Nande-dominated UPDI and the NDC,which is mostly made up of Nyanga,and another local ethnic group.The U.N said in a statement that ''The fighting had reached an alarming level and could cause a large scale of violence in the region,as well as displacement of civilians.The U.N has also receive reports of looting,abduction and rape over the past few days''.Tensions have spiked between the Hutu and neighboring communities since Congo's army launched a military offensive last year against the FDLR,displacing large numbers of fighters and Hutu civilians.Congolese troops and U.N peacekeepers were forced to fire inti the air last wednesday in a nearby town to disperse Hutu and Nande villagers after the two groups clashed with machetes and batons.One more photo below.                                                                                                

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