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...
Worried by rampart cases of overloading with human beings and goods being noticed in Gusau,Zamfara state,the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps {FRSC}, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has declared a major operation against the menace of overloading,giving a marching order to the sector commander to immediately eradicate the practice with all the might of the command.The Corps Marshal made the declaration over the weekend while addressing staff of Zamfara state Sector Command of the FRSC during his visit to the state capital.Oyeyemi wwho described as ''unacceptable,'' a situation where human beings are loaded with animals in the booth of vehicles,noted that such acts which are common in the state capital must be brought to an end forthwith through aggressive public enlightenment and enforcement programmes by the command,commencing from Monday.''It is appalling to still see human beings and animals being conveyed in the booth of vehicles in many areas of the state.Aside such practice being dangerous,it is also socially unaccepted,'' he stated. ''As a demonstration of our concern against the practice,I am directing the sector commander to commence a major operation as from Monday with a view to eradicating the practice,not only within the state capitl,but all parts of the state including the neighbouring areas,'' he added.The Corps Marshal further directed the Zonal Commanding Officer of Zone RS10 Headquarters,Sokoto,to replicate the campaign in all the states under the zone,saying he would be personally reviewing the operations to determine the level of compliance upon which the commanding officers could be rewarded or sanctioned in line with the ideals of his management on reward and punishment for hard working and indolent staff.
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