Coffeeshops getting more cannabis from outside Netherlands
The only effect the new Opium Act had is that coffeeshops are now getting more cannabis from abroad. The major illegal cannabis cultivators did not stop their activities, they simply moved them to...
View ArticleDutch city bans tourists from buying drugs in coffeeshops
The municipality of Sittard-Geleen is following in Maastricht's footsteps and is banning coffeeshops from selling drugs to tourists. From April 1st only residents of the Netherlands can buy cannabis at...
View ArticleSpain arrests more Dutch people in int’l drug trafficking ring
The Spanish police arrested several Dutch people who form part of a Drug trafficking ring smuggling between Malaga and the Netherlands. More than 500 kilos of drugs were seized The post Spain arrests...
View ArticleDutch cities renew call for regulated cannabis cultivation
Almost 90 percent of Dutch municipalities support a call on the government to allow experiments with regulated cannabis cultivation, was revealed in a vote at the association of Dutch municipalities...
View ArticleJustice min.: Human rights study no reason to chance cannabis regulation policy
A recent study by Radboud University Nijmegen that concluded that regulating cannabis cultivation could improve human rights is no reason for the Netherlands to change its policy on marijuana, Minister...
View ArticleDutch city’s tourist ban in coffeeshops bearing fruit
Since Sittard-Geleen implemented a residents-only policy in the city's coffeeshops, Belgian drug tourists are increasingly avoiding these businesses. "The drug tourism decreased considerably", Mayor...
View ArticlePolice raid two pot plantations; 7,460 plants destroyed
The police dismantled two operating cannabis plantations at separate addresses in Breda on Tuesday. Cannabis related items were found at to other addresses, the police announced on Wednesday. The post...
View ArticleSix weed plantations dismantled in Zeeland, West Brabant
The Zeeland-West-Brabant police dismantled six cannabis plantations containing 1,440 plants on Tuesday. Five suspects were arrested. All plants were confiscated. The post Six weed plantations...
View ArticlePrison time demanded against 1st suspect in massive drug bust
The first suspect in a massive drug crime investigation in Southern Netherlands, so called operation Trefpunt, appeared in the court in Den Bosch on Monday. The Public Prosecutor demanded 21 months in...
View ArticleCannabis farm found in Eindhoven bridge
The police discovered a cannabis plantation in the A2 bridge at the Beatrix canal in Eindhoven on Thursday, the Eindhoven police said on Facebook. The post Cannabis farm found in Eindhoven bridge...
View ArticleDutch parliament to vote on regulated cannabis production today
On Tuesday the lower house of Dutch parliament is voting on a D66 proposal that will put an end to the Netherlands' policy that cannabis may be sold in the country, but not cultivated. The law for...
View ArticleDutch MPs vote to legalize cannabis farming
A narrow majority of Dutch parliament members voted to allow the cannabis cultivation, a move that further liberalizes a somewhat cumbersome drug policy where the selling of cannabis is tolerated but...
View ArticleDutch parliament adopts weed cultivation law; still has to go through Senate
On Tuesday the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of Dutch parliament, voted in a legislative proposal by the D66 that makes the cultivation and transportation of cannabis in hashish legal under strict...
View ArticleCourt gives Amsterdammer permission to grow medicinal weed in rental home
Amsterdam resident Rudolf Hillebrand can continue to grow medicinal cannabis in his rental home, despite objections by his housing association Eigen Haard, the district court ruled on Monday. The...
View ArticleDead man with bags of weed found on Aalsmeer street
The body of a man was found on Turfstekerstraat in Aalsmeer on Thursday morning. There were large bags of weed beside him. The police launched an investgation, the Telegraaf reports.According to the...
View ArticleRotterdam port drug bust: 150 kilos marijuana found in wall tile shipment
Customs officers at the port of Rotterdam found over 150 kilograms of marijuana while checking a shipment of wall tiles destined for England on Wednesday, the Public Prosecutor announced on Friday.The...
View ArticleEleven arrested in "joint factory" bust
The police arrested 11 people in a 'joint factory' found in a commercial property in Waalwijk on Wednesday. According to the municipality, the suspects were rolling and packaging joints for coffeeshop...
View ArticleSix arrests in large Brabant cannabis cultivation investigation
Six people were arrested in connection with a large investigation into organized cannabis cultivation in Noord-Brabant on Monday. The police also searched 16 properties in Tilburg, Goirle, Eindhoven...
View ArticleRotterdam may experiment with "municipal weed" in new cannabis policy
Rotterdam plans to soon start growing its own "municipal weed", mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said on Wednesday. The Rotterdam mayor already spoke to new Justice Minister Ferdinand Grapperhaus about...
View ArticleDutch municipalities rushing to join regulated cannabis experiment
A total of 25 municipalities have signed up so far to take part in the Rutte III government's experiment with regulated cannabis cultivation, NOS reports. The government wants to start the experiment...
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