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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants6 h$ l0 o, D8 i+ v
( y( h9 f8 U9 ^3 ~- U2 r' ]8 K0 jEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.
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+ L$ I5 N8 y M* vPolice 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.
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.; B# j9 b0 K- T
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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.+ |, n9 m* h" ~# |! p) @
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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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