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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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+ Q0 D0 P5 l9 A- BEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants. {9 x" H3 Y, X
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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.' f& R; l% b. H1 ^0 w, f& n
/ k# j" V/ Q e: p- i1 DOfficers 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.4 y3 ^( x7 n3 h7 ~+ e
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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 H p2 m/ k {: ?2 F
# j9 x5 O1 A. K9 vCharges 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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