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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants) m \" O4 `3 D3 X+ [% {
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EDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants./ T1 F+ `, l8 F, ^
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Police say they got a tip Thursday night from a citizen who told them he'd been driving behind a cube van that was giving off a strong odour of marijuana.
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Officers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van." b3 k3 x' f; {5 J
0 A# Q9 f; x0 G( R/ Q* D1 L9 V* e3 WPolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.& |( z' m/ T1 ^$ y- C( c5 i* W5 ^
. s$ }: v; Y B z# URoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.
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Charges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking have been laid against Dihn Xuan Luu, 44 and Deng Xuan Dihn, 51. |
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