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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants4 L* x& D9 A8 L3 H7 A
- w' k" }7 M+ J( d/ q5 cEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.0 E5 p; d% Y: `
9 w A+ f0 v/ V- \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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9 Q% p! I) [+ k6 N8 N8 O8 _- nOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.: S& u; ~( P: G6 u. p* A( d
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.8 _2 A: F. N: {/ b. w
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Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident., ]$ Z/ n, y* E* n+ u$ F; o
, J9 F- m, n% K( R+ r9 y4 M) gCharges 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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