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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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3 D9 ^/ [0 r' M7 _EDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.% s/ a1 n* w) m
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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.+ h! i4 t. {# M, }2 J8 t6 n2 ]
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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.4 u! f' I5 v1 }& a$ n8 e
) f8 l$ e0 C! ?$ i0 v1 TPolice 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.! H- }2 B8 |& R+ z8 w! K3 ~
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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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