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...
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GOVT TASK FORCE TO REMOVE MAJOR BLOCKAGE OBSTRUCTING FREE FLOW OF WATER INTO RIVER NIGER..(PHOTOS).

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Government Task Force To Remove Major Blockage Obstructing Free Flow Of Water Into River Niger


An illegal drainage along Nwangene Stream, River Niger Way, Onitsha which has become a major blockage of flood water has been marked for demolition by Anambra State Government Taskforce.

The government taskforce which was led by the Commissioner for Works, Engineer Ifeanyi Okonma stormed Onitsha to stop the action of Federal Inland Waterways workers who blocked the original waterways and drainages and created their own makeshift drainage thereby causing huge gullies in the area. 

According to the Commissioner, Governor Soludo is determined and committed to making Anambra state a liveable and prosperous mega City which can only beachieved by disrupting many things in the state.

He explained that opening the original waterways which is blocked by illegal activities of people in the area is one of government's efforts to help the citizenry, pointing out that flood has done a lot of damage to people. 

Engineer Okoma also added that Nwangene Stream which discharges natural warm water into the River Niger has been blocked by the negligent activities of people.

For his part, one of the members of the Task Force, Barrister Chike Maduekwe, said that the main purpose of the visit to the area is to ascertain the damage already done in the drainage system and proffer a solution.

According to him the drainage should be built in such a way that water will pass freely to River Niger and warned the staff of the Federal Inland Waterways to stop selling government land to people.

In an interview, Chairman of Biafra Market, Mr. Success Chiokwe and a trader in the market, Mr. Kelue Nnanyelugo, expressed delight over government's decision to clear the waterways and channel water to it's appropriately which will mark the end of their flood water trouble in the market.

Other places visited include Akunnia Ojote waterways and Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church Housing Estate, Fegge, Onitsha.
More photos below. 







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