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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants; T2 t. V* j5 H
3 p$ `$ K# R; hEDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.+ A+ j8 m9 O8 H( s5 \
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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.' H- P9 W7 d& F4 Q* D# v
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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.8 X& E) h% c3 g* n+ `- L$ `
9 C6 `4 ~# i0 t% WPolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.
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/ h( ^- S; d0 z t# Y) t: VRoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.+ K7 {! d' j2 v3 O
0 S: Z4 ]9 ]- p$ w( {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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