Ohio deputy pulls over speeding vehicle and finds 21 kilograms of cannabis inside leaderpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from leaderpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
Getting audio file . This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer
TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images
The prosecution said Donald Trump knew exactly what he was doing, and the defence said he was misunderstood. Ultimately, Mr. Trump was acquitted of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol on Jan. 6. The U.S. Senate voted 57-43 for conviction; however, 67 votes were needed for Mr. Trump to have been found guilty. Saturday’s verdict hasn’t settled the debate among Canadians about his alleged abuse of office and the appropriate consequences.
Article content
“The application was rejected after a peripheral inspection of the property by the municipal tax assessor determined it was not being used for farming or agricultural purposes,” reports the prosecutor’s office. But the landowner appealed, kicking off a subsequent, more detailed on-site inspection that, ultimately, revealed the illicit grow-op.
“We appreciate the tax assessor living up to the important motto, ‘If you see something, say something,’” Burlington County prosecutor Scott Coffina says in the statement. “His information directly led to the interdiction of this substantial illegal drug operation,” Coffina says.
Weiming Liu faces a first-degree charge of manufacturing 25 pounds (11.3 kilograms) or more of marijuana and a third-degree charge of possessing a controlled dangerous substance. Liu was taken into custody last week after a vehicle stop and has since been released, the prosecutor’s office reports.