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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants% u+ d2 A! n. j J( \0 g5 u
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EDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.$ i" {, p' g) l& \6 x, F
4 ]/ C& L" V& m( L" B, l$ h* f$ QPolice 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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) J: V! z. h2 [" G0 n* \6 wOfficers who responded to the call said they also smelled the pot plants about half a block before they pulled over the van.- M/ @$ E* g' C6 h" K$ o' c G$ [$ p
" s+ |, S6 |5 G1 C4 lPolice say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.7 `# i' v( l: G W1 f
. a" ]4 g4 l, N3 {$ U eRoughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.6 X+ e g$ Z% I8 i+ x
7 [% L8 T- B6 p, f: L" S& ^, A$ tCharges 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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