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UK: Cannabis MPs In Court

Sky News

Tuesday 29 Jan 2002

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

Liberal Democrat Chris Davies was arrested after he led a march to
Stockport police station allegedly carrying a tiny piece of cannabis on the
back of a postage stamp.

Italian MEP Marco Cappato was held after turning up at Stockport
Magistrates' Court to support Davies, allegedly clutching a small amount of
the drug.

'Dutch Experience'

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

Both men had joined protesters before Christmas campaigning for The Dutch
Experience - Britain's first Amsterdam-style cannabis cafe.

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

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

 

 

 

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