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...

EX-ABIA GOVERNOR ''KALU'' & OTHERS DOCKED FOR N3.2BN FRAUD.{PHOTOS}.

                The EFCC,has re-arraigned a former governor of Abia State,Orji Kalu; his ex-aide,Jones Udeogo and Kalu's company,Slok Nigeria Limited,on an amended 34-count charge bordering on criminal diversion of fund to the tune of N3.2billion from the Abia State Government's treasury during Kalu's tenure as governor.Kalu and others were docked before Justice Anwuri Chikere of Federal High Court,Abuja nine years after their cases were stalled.They were first arraigned in 2007 before Justice Adamu Bello of the Fedral High Court,Abuja {now retired}.
Prio to their arraignment,Kalu and others had argued against the proceedings,and urged the court to await the appeal by Slok pending at the Supreme Court.But Justice Chikere rejected their objection to their arraignment and ordered them to enter their please.The defendants pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them,and they were granted bail on the terms attached to the bail earlier granted them on April 30,2008.The case has been adjourned to December 6,2016 for commencement of trial.One more photos below.

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