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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants0 u& h. {& u% v( ]/ ]" q
$ g3 q- |8 Y1 g( CEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.& b9 I K; o4 y9 y' F
' H2 ?! C3 F) H4 w8 s0 X# }$ T8 Q1 xPolice 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.% V% X4 W* i+ v7 [7 [5 B
/ z8 S; l+ M+ S' L5 w) lOfficers 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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$ x- ^' I' [6 z7 }Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.3 A2 v7 |$ V& }: {
2 i' J2 _" I: ^8 \2 v! g$ YCharges 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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