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...

BUSINESSMAN BAGS 10 YEARS FOR N1.1M FRAUD.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Thursday, May 9, 2019 secured the conviction of one Suberu Ishaq Okatai.
Okatai was convicted by Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, sitting in Maiduguri for the offences of conspiracy and obtaining money by false pretense.
His journey to jail started when the Commission received a petition against him on May 14, 2018, alleging that he collected the sum of N1,190,000.00 (One Million One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira).
The said sum was received under the pretence that, it was to be used for the supply of power indicator, which the accused and others now at large knew that the said business never existed.
He pleaded “not guilty” to the two-count charge when he was arraigned on March 18, 2019.
Counsel for the prosecution, Khalid Sanusi, presented three witnesses and tendered three exhibits during the trial.
In the allocutus, the convict pleaded for leniency and prayed the court to temper justice with mercy.
Justice Fadawu in his judgment ruled that: “I hereby sentence you to 10 years in prison for the offence of conspiracy contrary to and punishable under sections 8(a) & 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related offences Act 2006.
“I hereby sentence you to 10 years in prison for the offence of obtaining by false pretence contrary to and punishable under sections 1(1) (b) & 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud related offences Act 2006.”
The Judge further directed the convict to compensate the nominal complainant the sum of (N1.1 Million) One Million One Hundred and Ninety Thousand Naira, in default of which, the convict should spend three years in prison.
Justice Fadawu, further held that: “The outstanding balance in the account of the convict in the sum of N39,480.44 be forfeited to the Federal Government of Nigeria and the account be closed.”
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