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The manager of a coffee shop in Lyon who sold cannabis products was arrested earlier this week and referred Friday for the opening of a judicial inquiry. The 44-year-old, who is already known for drug-related offenses, was arrested at the store in June in the 6th arrondissement of Lyon on Tuesday, said police chief Jean-Daniel Dorent, deputy chief of police. Departmental safety of the Rhône.
The "coffee shop" presented itself as "the first French distributor of hemp collection seeds", thus claiming to "protect the species". On Facebook, he also praised the therapeutic merits of cannabidiol (CBD) molecule constituting one of the 80 active substances of cannabis.
Cannabis cultivation system discovered. The search of the trade led to the seizure of 60 grams of cannabis herb heads and grbad packed for sale "in pretty little boxes" sold "from 25 to 36 euros the two grams", details the commissioner . Also discovered were 1,600 euros in cash and invoices for the purchase of narcotic drugs issued by two Lyon companies specializing in the sale of CBD. At the respondent's home, 40 kilometers from Lyon, a system of cannabis cultivation was discovered, 1 kilogram of dried grbad and 8.4 kg of cultivated grbad.
Two other managers arrested. The managers of the two coffee shop suppliers, aged 27 and 49, were also arrested on Tuesday. The searches carried out in their homes as well as in that of the brother of one of them also brought to light a system of culture, but also all the necessary (sachets, balance …) conditioning for the resale. In the brothers' business located in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, boxes containing cannabis herb heads for sale were also discovered.
Up to five years imprisonment. The detainees, who face up to five years in prison, have acknowledged the facts but claim they are unaware of the illegal nature of the sale of cannabis herb heads, according to the same source. The flagrance investigation of the departmental safety was carried out in particular for the presentation of substances or plants clbadified as narcotics in a favorable light, advertising of a drug not having been the subject of a marketing authorization, possession and offer of products containing cannabis.
The call to order of the Chancery. Faced with the proliferation in France of "coffee shops", selling derivatives of cannabis in the form of creams, herbal teas or cookies, the Chancery reminded all the prosecutors at the end of July the very restrictive legal framework applicable to these establishments, their asking to "firmly" ensure the repression of the offenses found.
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