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...
According to France's farming ministry,who confirmed today friday that there is an outbreak of severe bird flu on a duck farm in the south-west of France,were affected.Another outbreak was detected among wild bird in northern France earlier this week.France,which has the largest poultry flock in the EU,is still recovering from a severe bird flu epidemic in south-western France earlier this year,which lead to a total halting of duck and geese output in the region and import restrictions from trading partners.There have been other recent bird flu outbreaks in the Netherlands,Germany and Switzerland.The H5N8 virus has never been detected in humans but it led to the culling of millions of farm birds in Asia,mainly South Korea,in 2014 before spreading to Europe.
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