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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants) p( J% ?* \6 _" z3 c% ]5 z5 B
, o# b. L' Q/ i0 ~. XEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants., [1 U5 r4 ~! D; {0 C7 [8 ?9 B
: [* e6 c9 b5 s; r2 @ W* N& N8 |6 p: KPolice 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. v& N* M0 c7 F& l. ]
8 T& U5 k5 }& ^7 E8 Z2 J1 eOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.- @/ r5 ^+ C. B! b9 E$ A
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.. k. P7 `! a- W/ v( W D
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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.$ N' P3 r+ K$ d7 O. s' P; V
) ~+ P, a$ |9 |6 ]4 p7 I- ?) N6 z, g5 QCharges 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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