Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants2 \* Y2 A/ L1 |9 Q; Q: R* Q" ]
8 G: U$ c; d/ J8 |5 n. tEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.0 [" P! ] P0 p) H# |
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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. " l% F% L6 v& B/ U8 P0 Y6 _+ ^5 j! L( ^9 @; O1 |8 Z
Officers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van." r! y. c: _: B* t
; e- v- a6 D# c! p( O9 O* hPolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van. & E8 S K r* f) V* f; R6 E- K. ^! C( Z5 i- s
Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident. + @* t5 a. J) o1 ^) I9 A2 S; N) a; j' n& x' M3 j
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.