TEXAS MAN ARRESTED WITH 75 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA IN LUGGAGE WHILE FLYING TO LONDON, POLICE SAY. (PHOTO).

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 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...

EFCC CHARGES CORP MEMBERS TO BECOME ADVOCATE AGAINST CORRUPTION.{PHOTOS}.

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      The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 20 2018, charged members of National Youth Service Corp, NYSC/EFCC CD group on anti corruption in Benin City to be advocate against corruption in their area of primary assignment.
This charge was made by Mailafia Yakubu, Head of the Benin Zonal Office when the corp members paid a courtesy visit to the Commission's office in Benin.
He told the corp members that corruption was Nigeria's biggest problem and that all hands must be on deck to tame the rampaging monster as the EFCC alone cannot exterminate corruption from Nigeria.
"Corruption is the reason for most of our problems as a country. We need to collectively fight against it. It is the reason for high unemployment and lack of development",he said.
He commended them for choosing to partner with the Commission in propagating transparency and probity as a preventive measure in the fight against corruption.Omeike Harrison, president of the NYSC/EFCC CD anti corruption group who thanked the Commission for the warm reception, said they have been further energized in their efforts to be charged agent. "We shall take the anti corruption message to wherever will go," he said.More photos below.
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