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ALBANIA: It's hemp, court tells Albania cops -- again

Reuters

Sunday 08 Jan 2006

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TIRANA (Reuters) - Five Albanian villagers jailed for two weeks for
growing cannabis were set free after a court ruled the plant was
actually industrial hemp, raised with the help of a British foundation
for export to the United States.

"I never imagined I would be pictured in the newspapers as the head of
an international drug ring. It's one of those things that makes you cry
and laugh at the same time," said Martin Pellumbi of the Shkrel area
farmers' association.

Interior Minister Sokol Olldashi had appeared on a popular TV show to
announce to the country that police had seized a tonne of cannabis. His
ministry had no comment on Monday.
It was the second time in five years that Albanian drugs police mistook
hemp for cannabis and arrested the growers.

Cannabis Sativa L, or industrial hemp, contains far less
tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) than Cannabis Sativa, the recreational drug.
The wrong analysis cost a police expert her job in 2001.

Since toppling communism, Albania has become a transit route for hard
drugs. Cannabis is also cultivated in remote mountain areas.

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