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...
In a bid to finding a lasting solution to the protracted crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party,{PDP},the Inspector General of Police,IGP Solomon E. Arase,fdc,NPM convened a meeting with all Stakeholders in his Abuja office on friday 17th June,2016,and called for peace among the parties,particularly Senator Ali Modu Sherif and Senator Ahmed Makarfi.After exhaustive deliberations,in the meeting that was also attended by the Director General of Department of State Services {DSS},Lawal Musa Daura,each of the factions0Sen Ali Modu Sherif's and Sen Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi's led factions agreed to nominate four representatives,each,for peace talks to arrive at a harmonized position within one week' while the PDP Secretariat at Wadata House Plaza and Legacy House should be under lock and key pending the outcome of the resolution.While appealing to the politicians to help in educating their followers on the need to act and conduct themselves within the ambit of the law,the IGP said the Force would not relent in its mandate to protect lives and property without fear or favour.-ACP Olabisi Kolawole,Force Public Relations Officer,Force Headquarters,Abuja.
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