UK: Campaigner sent drugs to politicians

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Ananova

Monday 05 Nov 2001

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A cannabis legalisation campaigner has been arrested after sending joints
containing the drug to every single member of the Irish Parliament.

Luke Flanagan, 29, posted the roll-ups to the 60 senators and 166 deputies
as part of an ongoing campaign to have the drug legalised.

So far only a handful of deputies in the lower chamber, the Dail, have
reported receiving the consignments, which were discovered by officials on
high alert for anthrax parcels.

Police said they arrested a 29-year-old man on Monday afternoon in Dublin and

were holding him at Pearse Street garda station in the city centre.

He was detained after attempting to deliver a cannabis plant to the
minister with responsibility for drugs, Eoin Ryan, at the Department of
Tourism.

A police spokeswoman said: "A man is being held in relation to an
investigation which is under way into the sending of drugs to Government
offices."

A spokeswoman for Mr Ryan added: "He was approached by some members of

our garda force here before he got to the building. "The minister was not
in at the time."

Just before his arrest, Flanagan, from Castlerea, Co Roscommon, released a
statement saying he had sent the packages to highlight the hypocrisies of
cannabis prohibition.

He said: "I have posted a joint containing cannabis herb to every member of
the Oireachtas (Parliament). I have also sent each member a list of 10
reasons as to why I believe cannabis should be legalised."

The campaigner, who recently changed his name to Ming the Merciless, has
campaigned for years for legalisation. He ran for Parliament on a
pro-cannabis ticket in the last General Election, polling 540 votes.

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