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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.[1]

Listed for context. No score change is recorded for Northern Cyprus here.

References

  1. Yenidüzen / Kamalı Haber — Three plants and cannabis import bring eighteen months, 21 January 2019

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