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 an Italian source,Ship crews pulled more than 2,000 migrants from over-crowed boats in the Mediterranean yesterday friday,as people smugglers stepped up operations during two consecutive days of good weather.More than 7,100 people have now been plucked from international watrs since thursday,many of them on the dangerous journey from Libya.Ships belonging to Doctors without Borders,Migrant Offshore Aid Station,Italy's navy,the EU's border agency Frontex,and the bloc's anti-people-smuggling mission Sophia,all helped take the migrants off nine boats on friday.According to the the Interior Ministry in Italy,yhey said ''About 60,000 boat migrants have been brought to Italy so far this year''.One more photo below.
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