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...
A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on June 24,2017 escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him in Port Garcourt,Rivers State.Mr Austin Okwor an operative in the Property Fraud Section of the EFCC Zonal office in Port Harcourt,had closed late for the day and as he left office,he was suddenly accosted by a gang of daredevil hoodlums who opened fire on him.Luckily for him,he was able to shake off his assailants but not without sustaining some bullet wounds as they kept firing at him.He was rushed to a private hospital in Port Harcourt where he is receiving treatment.According to Ishaq Salihu,Head of the Zonal office,the incident has already been reported to the Police in Port Harcourt.Okwor is one of the operatives investigating some sensitives cases including that pertaining to corrupt judicial officials.Before the incident underlines the hazards which operatives of the Commission are daily exposed to in the discharge of their duties.In 2010,precisely September 14,the head of the Commission's Forensic Unit,Abdullahi Muazu was shot and killed by unknown gunmen in Kaduna.Six months earlier a team of prosecutors returning to Enugu after a court appearance in Owerri,Imo state was attacked by gunmen who opened fire on them.Sergeant Eze Edoga the police escort was cut down while a senior counsel with the Commission,Joseph Uzor was critically wounded but survived.
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