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Police say airport luggage bound for Charleston packed with Marijuana

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According to Contra Costa Times website, officials arrested a 21 year-old man after investigators say he tried to smuggle several pounds of pot aboard a flight bound for Charleston.  

Tony Nguyen, 21, of San Francisco, was arrested after a random search turned up the marijuana in the baggage for a US Airways flight to Charleston, according to Contra Costa Times website.

Authorities arrested Nguyen Thursday after checking in a bag at Oakland International Airport that contained 65 pounds of marijuana.

 

 

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