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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants# j5 L8 `% K! a* b2 G8 u. Q
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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.0 a4 G. R' ]2 j
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Officers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.1 Q; E) T d' O9 N7 r# ]9 U
; ]2 x, D, X, X8 g" e: APolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.
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+ W6 V- n c3 Q. rRoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.. q; [% f0 X- ?( Y6 y( }& x }
" y* T: @. }( g$ oCharges 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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