January 2019
4 reports. Sentences 4
Serbia’s top court keeps three years for preparing cannabis to sell
Marko Luković’s three-year prison sentence stood after the top court found that drying cannabis flowers and packaging them for sale amounted to drug production. He had collected flowers near the Morava and later carried the prepared cannabis to Kraljevo for sale. The court distinguished this processing from growing a plant, which then had a separate six-month-to-five-year penalty.
Northern Cyprus jails a man for three plants and a small cannabis import
Arda Çelik received eighteen months in prison after growing three cannabis plants from seeds brought from Amsterdam and importing 3 g from the south of the island. The Nicosia court noted that cultivation carried a fifteen-year statutory maximum and treated the combined offences as serious.
Bahrain jails a home cannabis grower and acquits him of selling
A 56-year-old former flight attendant received three years in prison and a 1,000-dinar fine after convictions involving growing cannabis at home and unlawful possession of a weapon and ammunition, The Daily Tribune reported.[@1] Police had raided his home after a tip-off; he said he grew for himself and learned online.[@1] The court acquitted him of selling because the evidence was…
Guinea defence challenges cannabis charges against eleven young men
Eleven young men appeared in Dixinn after cannabis arrests in Ratoma; prosecutors sought prison for some and acquittal for four. Their lawyer challenged the possession evidence and the requested fines, arguing that the law linked fines to the value of drugs seized.