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...

PSP OPERATORS EMBARKED ON A FREE & VOLUNTARY WASTE EVACUATION IN LAGOS TODAY.{PHOTO}


      As part of their resolve to work with the Lagos State Government and Visionscape Sanitation Solutions in addressing the current waste situation in the State, the Waste Collection Operators (WCOs), popularly known as PSP Operators, have embarked on voluntary waste evacuation across the Lagos metropolis.
Speaking with journalists during the flag-off of the exercise in Agege, the Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Babatunde Durosinmi-Etti stated that the free evacuation of waste across the State was the outcome of resolution between the government and the Waste Collection Operators, adding that the move was meant to ensure that challenges being experienced presently in Waste Management across the State were addressed considerably within the shortest possible time.Durosinmi-Etti said that Lagos State Government remains committed to the removal of all problems militating against efficient waste management in the State.He stated that the free waste evacuation exercise took place simultaneously at the three senatorial districts of the State.“For Lagos West, we are taking off here in Agege while the exercise takes off at Tapa Transfer Loading Stations and Alhaji Masha, Surulere for Lagos East and Central respectively”, he said.Speaking on behalf of the WCOs, Hafis Kasumu said that they had great stakes in ensuring a cleaner, healthier and safer Lagos which was the primary motive of the Lagos State Government for envisioning the Cleaner Lagos Initiative as a holistic solution to Waste Management challenges in the State.“As Lagosians, we have the responsibility to ensure that the new Waste Management system put in place by the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration is successfully implemented for the benefit of all. This is why we support his vision and resolve to voluntarily carry out free mopping of black spots every Thursday”, he said.

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