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 Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,has recovered seventeen exotic vehicles in a warehouse of the former Comptroller General of Custom,Abdullahi Dikko Inde located at Nnamdi Azikwe Street,Kaduna.Thee recovery was sequel to an intelligence the commission received that stolen money and properties suspected to proceeds of crime were being stored in the warehouse.Upon receipt of intelligence,a team of operatives from the Kano Zonal Office were deployed to carry out the investigation.On arrival at the location,two individuals who were discovered to be the custodians of the property,Dantala Mohammed and Ahmed Balarabe were presented with a search warrant.Upon executing the search warrant,a total of seventeen amongst them brand new cars,shuttle busses and SUVs were discovered.Consequently,the vehicles and the two individuals who are now also suspects in the investigation were conveyed to the Commission's zonal offices in Kaduna and Kano respectively for further investigation which revealed that the warehouse in question actually belongs to the former customs boss.Investigation is still ongoing and the two suspects arrested are in custody.More photos below.
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