Dutch police started using a special mini helicopter last week in the Netherlands. The Italic this (Cannachopper) can fly in the air by itself for several hours and is equipped with smell and image sensors, meant to detect cannabis fields from long distances. Dutch police aim to combat illegal cannabis growing.
On its first shift the Cannachopper immediately proved to be effective. A cannabis field in the area of Doetinchem was discovered and seven suspects were later arrested. Several tons of cannabis were intercepted. At another location, a grow-shop was found with a significant amount of cannabis, according to Dutch newspaper, The Telegraaf.
Aside from the Cannachopper, authorities are attempting to curtail cannabis by forbidding coffee shops (which sell the plant) to be within 820 feet of schools. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), a Dutch centrist ruling party, advocates abolition of the so-called “tolerance policy” towards cannabis presently adopted by the Netherlands.
On its first shift the Cannachopper immediately proved to be effective. A cannabis field in the area of Doetinchem was discovered and seven suspects were later arrested. Several tons of cannabis were intercepted. At another location, a grow-shop was found with a significant amount of cannabis, according to Dutch newspaper, The Telegraaf.
Aside from the Cannachopper, authorities are attempting to curtail cannabis by forbidding coffee shops (which sell the plant) to be within 820 feet of schools. The Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), a Dutch centrist ruling party, advocates abolition of the so-called “tolerance policy” towards cannabis presently adopted by the Netherlands.
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