Drastic increase in cannabis seizures at British airports
Drastic increase in cannabis seizures at British airports
There has been a dramatic rise in the number of people caught taking suitcases of cannabis through British airports.
The number has risen from just a handful from two years ago to nearly 400 so far this year.
Police say that nearly all of them come from countries like America and Canada where the drug is grown legally.
Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/cannabis-couriers-duped-by-traffickers-into-thinking-uk-authorities-are-soft-on-the-drug-nca-says-13204526
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Legalise it , no harm to anyone , beer is worse but thats legal
What the hell, it is 2025 basically. Why is Marijuana still illegal? That is barbaric, TAX IT and make it legal and move on with your life Britain.
Id Trust any natural herb over the chemicals they put in the Vax and other harmful medications pharmaceutical companies pump out, yet what consequences do they receive??
Legalise it but ban urine testing in the workplace
Should be legalized and decriminalized
Throw away the key this drug starts all the addiction issues. Policing around this is awful.
Imagine living on a planet where a plant is illegal, but literally over the pond (an hour away) is legal
An incredible amount of money being wasted by this. Officers proud to arrest someone for cannabis? They shouldn’t be. They should be ashamed that they aren’t doing a worthy job policing real problems.
Got a family member who went to Jamaica with his GF, all I said is pack your own bags, and CARRY NOTHING FOR NO ONE! People be sneak fecks out there!
"500 kilos allegedly found in their suitcase"….some suitcase
legalise it! Gov is the real Mafia!
Decriminalise it, as the majority of the public requires.
Are they good at selling it or does everyone want it??
Those who want to legalise it, consuming cannabis can cause people to develop paranoid schizophrenia and other serious mental illnesses. If abused or in the hands of a susceptible person it is very harmful. It’s an anti social drug and theres a reason why it’s illegal.
What a joke, arresting people for this. Just legalise it already, what are we doing? Alcohol is legal while this isn’t?
The money wasted in catching them could EASILY be multiplied by legalising and taxing it, why spread our services thin and burn money needlessly when it could be funnelled directly back into the system, as it is done elsewhere?
If we stopped demonising its use and medical potential, we could focus on stopping the real drug malaise from the actual dangerous drugs.
Studies prove that in areas where it’s been legalised, other drug use diminishes.
It’s a no-brainer. Maybe some of the people in charge should partake and do some lateral thinking _for a change._
Legalise and tax cannabis. The money the government gains from the new legislation could be used to give me back my winter fuel allowance.
Why is it acceptable for the UK government to export cannabis worldwide, yet it is illegal for everyone else to use, grow, smoke. The UK is a criminal organisation that needs to be dethroned from all existence.
Such a bunch of hypocrites thought there’s no room in prisons ????
Messes up your brain cells. Obviously too late for those calling it to be legalised
I dont agree with the tax and the availability of it in shops. I would agree to a yearly one off payment for a license to grow it up to a maximum of £100 otherwise i wouldn’t pay the license either!😂
Uk politicians are a joke
Legalise it
Legalise it it’s ridiculous
Europeans out, 3rd world in. Well done 👍🏻😅😂
The U.K. must modernize, Cannabis must become legal… Gen. Z has spoken…
also medical cannabis was legalised in 2018 and is available in the uk not everyone knows about it
My consultant suggested i try and get some thc oil for my long term chronic pain!
ruin people’s lives and spend millions of public dollars over a plant…
Nothing more than misdirection….
Anybody with a normal head on theor shoulders that keeping thos thing illegal is ridiculous at this point. Legalise it. Tax it. And let the world be a better place for it.
Cannabis should be decriminalised as it has lots of beneficial effects. Ban tobacco and alcohol.
Theres oviously a market for it in this country why do we keep making crimminals out of people who actually want cannibis its a plant like any other plant the demand is there already in uk and around the world uk is so backward just legalize it
The way British police practically ask permission to arrest people is comical for this American.
just legalize it ffs
LEGALISE IT!!!
Fun fact cannabis was not made illegal because its creates psychosis, matter fact the US government gave it a bad name from poison crops, that created lots of false propaganda about cannabis, we just slowly chnaged it to being because its creates psychosis xD
It’s legal in Canada, Holland and in many US states … why are the British government still living in the past ?
The UK is a JOKE. What a waste of police time and resources. LEGALISE NOW FFS
Legal or not i will still consume it
I’d rather it stay illegal I’m not trying to pay crazy prices on tax.
The only good thing would be being able to order from America ect.
THIS might just be a CRAZY Idea but mabey,just mabey what about leagalizeing it?Are they not stuck for money and taxing people left right and centre?Over in the Netherlands they decriminalised it since the past 50 years and the ground has not opened up nor the sky fallen.Keep the money out of the dealers hands,regulate,control and tax.Just a thought.
For everyone who wants to know why it remains illegal:
It has nothing to do with it "being harmful". That is a lie purported by the government to hide the truth. It’s illegal because the companies who already grow and export it legally don’t want competition and they have relationships with MPs. Theresa Mays husband grows it legally. Just let that sink in.
No they use heavy metals in the nutrients not good to smoke..
BUT MAKE IT LEGAL EVERYWHERE 👍🌎
Misuse of drugs act is not fit for purpose, it never was!
Cannabis is illegal because of the misuse of drug acts of 1971 or Sharia’s Law. lol
Legalise it now , do as i say
Pathetic that it’s still not legal. The uk needs to get with the times, it’s embarrassing
As the invaders terrorize their country?
Who in their right minds smuggles cannabis into the UK in 2024 … Amateurs!