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 wre
 
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 Daktory open despite cannabis bust - New Zealand 
#15999508 - 03/26/12 05:55 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/6641441/Daktory-open-despite-cannabis-bust
Auckland cannabis club The Daktory remains open but won't replace the cannabis vending machine that led to them being busted.
The New Lynn club had been selling one gram bags of cannabis from a vending machine at its Delta Ave premises for several months and had hoped by doing so their members would avoid being prosecuted for dealing the Class C drug.
But just one day after telling Auckland Now they were making ''a few hundred sales'' on busy nights the club was raided by police.
Four people were arrested, $27,000 cash was seized along with half a kilogram of cannabis and drug paraphernalia.
Three men and one woman were charged with various drug-related offences, including possession of cannabis and possession for supply and will appear in the Waitakere District Court tomorrow.
Daktory members will protest outside the court.
''The raid has only encouraged the Daktory to become more vocal in the fight for legalisation,'' Daktory members wrote on their Facebook page.
The club remains open ''for cannabis activists but is no longer providing a vending machine service''.
The club said the raid had not ''dampened enthusiasm for cannabis law reform''.
One of those arrested, who goes by the name Dakta Blaze, called the raid '' a huge waste of taxpayer dollars''.
''The Police should have been using this time to deal with threats to the community. People from all over our community come to The Daktory as a safe haven from the blackmarket, created by prohibition. The Daktory simply makes our community a safer place.''
The Daktory was opened in November 2008 and boasted a membership of several thousand before its founder Dakta Green was jailed for eight months in June 2011 for possessing, selling and for allowing the clubrooms to be used for drug taking.
The Solicitor-General later appealed the 61-year-old's sentence and it was more than doubled to 23 months.
After Green's sentencing The Daktory announced it was closing its doors to the public and would be used as the headquarters for the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Norml).
Norml president Julian Crawford last week said he wanted to grow the number of activists in their movement, ''not just be like a tinnie house''.
He said the vending machine was ''an example of how things could be'' if cannabis was legalised.
Police have said they will continue to monitor activities at the Daktory.
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wre
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 Re: Daktory open despite cannabis bust - New Zealand [Re: wre]
#15999838 - 03/26/12 07:06 PM (1 year, 1 month ago) |
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Don't know if anyone cares but we would like some help
We have a national protest organised tomorrow.
DEFEND THE DAKTORY! - National Protest
We need as much support as possible for this, so if you have facebook could you please take the time to invite heaps of people to the event.
Thanks.
Edited by wre (03/26/12 07:07 PM)
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