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...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on December 6,2016 arrested one Raheem Adebunmi Adisa,in Ibadan,Oyo State,for offences bordering on land scam,and obtaining money by false pretence.The arrest of Adisa followed investigations into a petition,which alleged that the accused land racketeer has swindled several unsuspecting victims to the tune of N3,000,000 {Three Million}.He was said to have been involved in the sale of plots of land with an uncompleted building on it,located at plots 7 & 8 Akinsola Layout,off Olorunda Abba Road,Kanku,Onikokoro,Ibadan.He allegedly sold the landed propoerty to the petitioner with fake documents while posing as the owner of the property.However,,while atteempting to take possession of the property,he discovered that he had been swindled by Adisa.Intelligence report on Adisa has it that he is a habitual land scammer whose stock in trade is to defraud unsuspecting members of the public and was recently released from prison custody for similar offence.He would be charged to court as soon as investigation are concluded.
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