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...

ALLEGED N80.2BN FRAUD: EFCC PRESENTS FIRST WITNESS AGAINST YAHAYA BELLO. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Alleged N80.2bn Fraud:  EFCC Presents First Witness against Yahaya Bello


The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 24, 2025 presented its first witness against a former governor of Kogi State,  Yahaya Bello.


Bello is facing a 19-count charge by the EFCC bordering on criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N80.2bn contrary to Section 18(a) and punishable under Section 15(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 (as amended).


The witness, Segun Joseph Abeleke, General Manager of EFAB Properties Limited appeared before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. 


Adeleke, while being cross- examined by counsel to the EFCC,  Kemi Pinheiro,  SAN,  told the court that he was  into real estate and development of turnkey  projects in places like Maitama, Asokoro, Wuse, and some other locations in Abuja. 


He told the court that, sometime in 2020, while he was in his office, his Chairman,  Chief Dr. Fabian Nwora sent for him and introduced him to a young man by the name Shehu Bello on a particular property in question.


Details later.

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