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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants* c# r: E8 i! g2 u
O& X4 c$ c) x4 V! u; b% x NEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.+ {* [ U2 {- Z0 D- u
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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.& I% z" z) d8 f; r
- \% u( w# P2 V9 \# P8 l. LPolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.5 s7 z7 A3 J7 n8 R
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Roughly 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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