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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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{/ a. u% p, p |( i6 M, R8 rEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.
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. U# \& p% V3 w( n) O( O1 yPolice 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.% W+ w( A' D! ?6 k2 R
& q5 a Y; u' O2 {% C: Y" MOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.
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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.0 q* x) P) o4 N0 j
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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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