Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants ' U- L$ K/ H7 }' \/ c [8 K * w! t0 o5 G) yEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.9 \1 G0 g- {5 h: V2 ~3 u( y
7 o- ~: Y9 D5 U# N% x- I* SPolice 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. 6 Y! `5 F7 E# ?7 f 8 H9 H% G' w) }9 x: U) BOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van. " B9 B9 |( K9 m4 S; X2 a" q0 Q% n7 [
Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van. 8 m/ V8 C$ [9 ~5 X 8 K: x1 Q9 o( t$ QRoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.+ a3 y; r+ x9 f
( g) O( A* i+ w: cCharges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking have been laid against Dihn Xuan Luu, 44 and Deng Xuan Dihn, 51.