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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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$ J' K8 M2 j, w# {7 _! y! VEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.. A4 ?! S/ W" Y/ i1 A
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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.
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1 @# i- F8 b8 I2 L# r) q7 \! HOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.2 o$ L" _: D+ g( C0 }% d7 ] I
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.9 B- }* ^: k% L3 z' n5 N! }+ H
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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident., v! |) Z0 G8 ^: C
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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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