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Third MEP faces Stockport cannabis arrest
Ananova
Monday 28 Jan 2002 Greater Manchester Police say they will arrest an Italian MEP scheduled to arrive at Stockport police station with cannabis. Marco Pannella, leader of the Transnational Radical Party, is expected to hand himself in as a protest. His party is supporting a campaign against the prohibition of cannabis. He will be the third MEP to be arrested over the drug by Stockport police since December. Liberal Democrat MEP Chris Davies was arrested for cannabis possession during a protest march in December. Days later another Italian MEP, Marco Cappato, was arrested outside Stockport police station. A police spokeswoman says Mr Pannella will be arrested if he turns up with cannabis in his possession. "This is the third time an MEP will have turned up and in the other two instances, they have been arrested," added the spokeswoman. Mr Davies and Mr Cappato are due to appear in Magistrates Court for committal proceedings. Their protests were sparked by the November arrest of Colin Davies, the owner of the UK's first Dutch-style cannabis cafe in Stockport. All three MEPs are supporting Mr Davies, no relation to the Liberal Democrat MEP, who is being held in Strangeways Prison. It's believed Mr Pannella will refuse bail after his arrest and will seek a bail hearing at the same time as the committal hearings for Colin Davies and his two MEP colleagues.
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