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Cannabis growing equals two years prison

Thu, May 07 2009 14:36 CET 3316 Views 6 Comments
Cannabis growing equals two years prison

A man faces two years' imprisonment for growing weed, the press centre of the municipal court in Dobrich has reported, quoted by the Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA).

The 39-year-old male, Delyan A.M. from Kranevo village, Balchik municipality, has also been slapped with a 5000 leva fine.

Police seized 13 pots of cannabis, 120 grams of dried weed, 13 stems of "young plants" and 12 other plastic buckets that were also growing marijuana from his parents' villa.  The confiscated drugs' estimated street value was put at 1890 leva.

In light of the accumulated evidence, the court decided that the accused was actively involved with weed cultivation. All appeals were forbidden.

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Anonymous Federico Sun, Mar 07 2010 19:34 CET

Bulgaria should legalize cultivation for PERSONAL and MEDICAL USE as Checz Republic did!
Give an example of intelligence!!!

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Anonymous California Dude Sun, May 10 2009 09:07 CET

who cares... it's just cannabis. no reason to over crowd jails or prisons with this nonsense.anyway, this is not that much that this man was growing and had. my grandmother has more than this...xaxaxa :)
instead of concentrating on the marijuana issues, the government should focus on more serious crime going on in BG. like heroin...etc.. and all the human trafficking i've been reading about.
it's just a recreational/social "drug". by no means as bad as alcohol.
LEGALIZE IT. TAX IT. MAKE LOTS OF MUCH NEEDED REVENUE...it might help with this "little global recession" [...]

Read the full comment we're in!
seriouly people....it's just pot:)
Ok.....at least legalize it for medical use.

Anonymous mbkirova Fri, May 08 2009 15:32 CET

Here's a bigger problem: hemp grows wild all over Bg. Yep, even in peoples' gardens and i swear most have no idea what it is. Will we get busted for this too?

Anonymous dodgee Fri, May 08 2009 12:21 CET

All drug growers/dealers/suppliers deserve what they get, but having said yhat I think the punishment in this case is a little harsh. Get the high end currupt officials and mafia that are ruining the beautiful country os Bulgaria

Anonymous cretins Fri, May 08 2009 11:28 CET

mm yes. typically bulgarian justice. rob the country, you get slapped on the wrist. light a spliff, you get life.

Anonymous Dianne Hatton Fri, May 08 2009 10:24 CET

Thats right, lets not go after the mafia, or the crroks, the bosses or the white collar criminals, don't worry about the corrupt officials, mayors, ministers etc etc. Lets hit the small time pot growers hard.......Sad !!!!


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