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...
The Lagos state Government has called for caution by all parties as it relates to the interpretation of the Appeal Court ruling over the use of hijab by female Muslim stidents in the State's public primary and secondary schools,advising that the relative religious peace enjoyed in the state should not be sacrificed on the altar of religion.A statement Issued today tuesday by the State Attorney General and Commissioner for justice,Mr Adeniji Kazeem,stated that it was misleading and an attempt to misrepresent the general public that the right to wear hijab has been granted in Lagos State owned public schools when the appeal process has not been exhausted.The statement emphasized that while it is an indisoutable fact that the Court of Appeal in its judgement of 21st July,2016 upturned the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State,which had inter alia ruled that the use of hijab is not part of the school uniform in public primary and secondary schools in Lagos State and the rights of the Applicants under Sections 38 and 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999,as amended has not been violated,the State Government had since appealed the ruling of the Appeal Court to the Supreme Court.According to the statement ';it is not in dispute that the Court of Appeal,Lagos Division on 21st of July,2016 upturned the judgment of the High Court of Lagos State which had inter alia ruled that the use of hijab is not part of school uniform in public primary and secondary school in Lagos State and the rights of the Applicants under Sections 38 and 42 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,1999,as amended has not been violated.Just as the Applicants counsel exercised the constitutional right of appeal by appealing against the judgement,the state government has also appealed against the judgment of the Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court.'' the statement concluded.
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