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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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" I5 i4 {3 c: G& | y; j# l8 S. wEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.' t: ^) i, d0 O, j1 t9 U
, e- I% ^. i- j$ [! v% l/ K* GPolice 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.' o% i4 N6 j& i9 [; A
4 g" w8 H! C( M( e. FOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.4 h+ N9 x Q* q6 I! T* ?" ?& {) [
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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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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.( s7 j$ t; D$ R& Y2 e# b
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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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