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...
Lagos State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode today wednesday said that the State and the Province of Gauteng in South Africa both posses the capacity to drive the desired industrial and economic growth in the African continent.Governor Ambode,who addressed Government House Correspondents shortly after a meeting with the Premier of the Province of Gauteng,Mr David Makhura on a possible partnership on advancing trade and industrialization at the Lagos House in Ikeja,described both city-States as the economic powerhouse of both Nigeria and South Africa.The Governor,who disclosed plans to enter into a bi-lateral relationship with the Province of Gauteng,aimed at boosting the economic capacities of not just Nigeria and South Africa,but the continent of Africa,said it would be a win-win situation that would grow the Gross Domestic Product {GDP} that would be beneficial to the citizen of both countries.Disclosing that a Memorandum of Understanding {MoU} would be signed in Johannesburg,South-Africa by September 2017,Governor Ambode said the benefits of the partnership on the long run could not be over-emphasised.More photos below.
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