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Police arrest two men after complaint of smelly truck carrying 1,500 pot plants
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EDMONTON - Two men are facing charges after Edmonton police pulled over a truck filled with freshly cut marijuana plants.2 z1 Z. j, P( ~5 s3 E. ?
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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.! v' k4 a% \0 ^, Z( \- @
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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.5 }+ q. G9 k4 a E, e, a! }
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Police say there were up to 1,500 mature marijuana plants tied in bundles inside the van.4 l3 }$ a: W9 v6 d2 k2 B5 [
$ v0 g9 l2 H m4 v+ z+ ^Roughly 400 kilograms of pot was taken from the vehicle and the driver and a passenger were arrested without incident.# V. g: ?' F3 q* X; `3 b+ [
% {" g, v: k( {* [$ 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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