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...
Century Power Limited,a subsidiary of Obijackon Group,owner of Nestoil Limited,pplans to start the construction of a-2000megawatts {Mw} thermal power plant in Anambra State,it was learnt.The power plant,hich will be sited at Okija in Anambra State,has been structured in such a way that the first phase,which will give an output of 465Mw and will commence operation in 2018.Its Assistant General Manager {AGM},Group Business Development,Mr Simeon Tor-Agbidye,told news men that the firm iss tidying up arrangement for gas pipeline also known as the Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben {OB3} gas pipeline.The gas will be taken from the eastern part of the pipeline.He also noted that a subsidiary of the Obijackson Group-Energy Works Technology Limited,is fabricating part of the topside facilities off Total's Egina floating production,storage and offloading {FPSO} vessel.He said: ''A feww weeks ago,we had a sail off for the Oil Loading Terminal {OLT} piles for the project.We sailed them off to South Korea where they will be integrated on the FPSO.We have finished that.We are at the final stages of completing K2s pipeline for Shell Petroleum Development Company {SPDC}.The project is an engineering,procurement and Construction {EPC} contact for the 40km x 20 inches export pipeline to re-route Kolo Creek gas to Soku Gas Plant.We are also progressing ssmoothly with the OB3 Pipeline.Obiafu/Obrikom-Oben is an EPC contract for the 64.5km x 48 inches gas pipeline project.We will soon complete that too.He explained that the scope of OB3 was actually split between Nestoil and Oilserv,'' he said.
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