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...

EFCC ASSURES PRO-PATIENCE JONATHAN PROTESTERS OF FAIRNESS AND PROMPT RESPONSE.{PHOTOS}.

              The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,has assured the public of its fairness and readiness to attend to all issues referred to it without any delay.This assurance was given on Thursday by the South-South Zonal Head of Publicc Affairs of the Commission,Mr. Oladele Oyewale while receiving some women protesters who thronged the South-South Zonal Office of the EFCC in Port Harcourt.The women,numbering about 100,stormed the EFCC's office chanting various songs and carrying different placards and banners with inscriptions bearing their grievances.The main thrust of their grievances was that the ''EFCC should release the $15million Patience Jonathan's money without delay''.Some inscriptions on the banners are : ''Please,EFCC,the malady of Mrs Patience Jonathan is of great cooncern to us,come to our aid in Allah's name''. ''Leave our mother alone''; ''Mr Chairman Sir, {EFCC} pls fight corruption with love''; ''Leave Ex-president wife alone''; ''Magu,unfreeze Mrs Patience Jonathan Account'', among others.Leader of the protesters, High Chief Rita N.Onwunali Adandigbo,said that her group,Voice of Niger Delta Women,supported the corruption agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari but was in the EFCC to express its worry over the ''deteriorating health situation of Mrs Patience Jonathan owing to the non-release of her money by the EFCC''.Responding,Oyewale assured the group that their grievances would be looked into promptly and objectively.''We will report your grievances to the Ag.Executive chairman,Mr Ibrahim Magu and he will carefully look into it.We will report everything you have said to him and actions will be taken accordingly'' he said.More photos below.

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