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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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! u& Y" x7 \: |9 x5 ~: HEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.& o# P! _8 |/ u/ @6 E1 [2 V' c# {; C
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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.2 Z, b- X: A$ ^ n
5 u* g! M8 F) b' I% p( K& IOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.$ ]* E' v$ a5 O; d8 r3 V
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.5 E1 q: [4 r6 c) d* W6 w
0 P* r* N! Y9 y& `Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.% X: B! g U$ L6 b0 V. G
* A3 h k# v, l& @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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