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UK: Euro MPs face drug charges court case

Ananova

Tuesday 29 Jan 2002

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Two Euro-MPs are due in court on drug charges after they were arrested
as part of two protests against Britain's laws on cannabis.

Liberal Democrat Chris Davies was arrested before Christmas after
leading a march to Stockport police station.

It is alleged he was carrying a tiny piece of cannabis stuck to the back
of a postage stamp.

Italian MEP Marco Cappato was arrested days later after turning up at
Stockport magistrates' court to support Davies, allegedly clutching a
small amount of the drug.

Cappato, a member of Italy's Radical Party, spent the night behind bars
following his arrest before being granted bail by magistrates in the
town last month.

Both men had joined protesters campaigning for The Dutch Experience -
Britain's first Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe - which was opened last
year.

Its owner, Colin Davies, supports prescribing cannabis as a medicine and
was remanded in custody in the hospital wing of Strangeways Prison last
November on drugs charges.

Cappato and Davies, who represents the North West of England in the
European Parliament, are due to appear at Stockport magistrates' court.

 

 

 

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