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 Commission,EFCC,yesterday wednesday 22nd March,2017 secured another conviction in the ongoing N8bn Currency Mutilation Scam before Justice Joyce Abdul Malik of the Federal High Court,Ibadan,Oyo State.In her ruling,the judge convicted and sentenced the duo of Toogun Kayode Philip and Afolabi Esther Olunike,former staff of Central Bank of Nigeria {CBN} and Wema bank respectively to eighteen years imprisonment on three counts to run concurrently.The convicts who were the 4th and 5th defendants amongst other former bankers standing trial in the ongoing CBN N8bn currency mutilation scam opted for a plea bargain hence,they were convicted accordingly.While Toogun,a former staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN bagged a three-year jail term on counts 15,17 and 19 respectively to run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016,Afolabi got three years on count 16,18 and 19 respectively to also run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016,Afolabi got three years on counts 16,18 and 19 respectively to also run concurrently with effect from January 1st,2016.
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