Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants! K9 n+ i- g) ^
+ k1 J y5 a5 b& R* ZEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.: J' g. R) D5 W& l4 T5 k6 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.6 j0 G6 F8 Z f: |$ x9 u
9 e' G0 f6 z: I4 o6 WOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.. ?+ a$ E' K% L/ ~. v! g0 y' F! ?
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van. + k! O" M; k8 p/ ~. p! W7 P! R& k3 R 3 N# }. h. ]# b' `% bRoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident. t4 a: R$ `7 ?. \8 p
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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.