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 ARRAIGNS MAN FOR N12M INHERITANCE SCAM IN MAIDUGURI. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.



EFCC Arraigns Man for N12m Inheritance Scam in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 3, 2023, arraigned one Isyaku Ibrahim (aka Alhaji Isyaku Ibrahim), before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count amended charge of criminal misappropriation to the tune of N12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million Naira).

Ibrahim (aka Alhaji Ishiyaku Ibrahim) sometime between 2014 and 2019 at Jajere Baga Road, Maiduguri, Borno State, being entrusted with dominion over certain properties belonging to Muhammad Ishiyaku (now deceased) to wit: (1) three houses, (2) two fenced lands one of which have seven shops, (3) two bread factories, (4) One open land, (5) two tanker trucks and (6) one big installed generator valued in the sum of N12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million Naira), criminally misappropriated the said amount for his personal use, to the detriment of the family members of the deceased and therefore committed an offence contrary to and punishable under sections 308 and 309 of the Penal Code Law of Borno State (Cap. 102 Vol. 3 of 1994) respectively.

The defendant pleaded “not guilty” to the charge preferred against him.

In view of his plea, counsel for the prosecution, S.O Saka asked the court to remand the defendant in prison custody and fix a date for trial.

Justice Fadawu, thereafter, remanded the defendant and adjourned till July 12, 2023, for the commencement of trial.



 

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