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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants5 J/ f5 a9 t" b+ `3 y8 ]
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EDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.
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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 E1 H# t0 Q/ r: o1 s$ S# v
3 B8 _' V Q( @) h& K- @1 iOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.
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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. [+ S4 o5 m3 x7 b* @: D3 y7 }
2 G+ W- F0 F0 l) S7 R6 c- i5 vCharges 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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