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 RT.com,weeks after the Christmas market attack in Berlin,German government reportedly issued a paper stating the country is at 'high risk'' of terrorist attacks carried out by ''Islamist-motivated perpetrators'' who may employ large amounts of chemicals to target drinking water supplies.The government apparently takes the threat seriously as the paper-accessed by Bild magazine-directs the German armed forces,intelligence agencies and emergency services to prepare for action in the event of a chemical attack.''A determined and well-trained terrorist group is likely to be in a position to exploit Germany's potential chemical hazard in order to stage and attack'',says the report jointly prepared by the government and the federal police {BKA} to evaluate level of threats to civilian population.Islamist-motivated perpetrators are able to ''procure and use large amount of chemicals,'' it states,also describing ''realistic options'' of a chemical attack.There is also ''a high-risk potential'' of terrorist organizations using chemicals to target food and drinking water supplies used in large residential buildings,and attacking chemical industry's infrastructure.The German armed forces have been preparing for this ''more intensively than before,'' the report adds in conclusion.
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