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 author of ''Eze Goes To School'',a popular novel which was featured in the early 90s,Chief Onuora Nzekwu,has died at the age of 89,the family confirmed yesterday Saturday.Late Onuora Nzekwu ,also the founding General Manager of News Agency of Nigeria {NAN},died on Friday in his home in Onitsha,Anambra,where he had been living in retirement,a family member,Mr Louis Chuke said.Nzekwu joined the Federal Civil Service as an editorial assistant at the Nigeria Magazine Division of the Federal Ministry of Information.He worked as an editorial assistant from 1956 to 1958 when took over the position of editor-in-chief of the magazine.In 1966 when the Nigerian civil war broke out,he transferred his services to the Eastern Nigeria Public Service and returned to the federal service at the end of the crisis in 1970.He served as General Manager of NAN from 1979 to 1985.Nzekwu wrote Troubled Dust,a novel that recounts the experience of the civil war.May his soul rest in peace Amen.One more photos below.
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