Police to crack down on Pusher Street
A new tactical squad has been set up to tackle the illegal drug trade and escalating violence in Christiania
The Copenhagen Post (Denmark)
Monday, August 20, 2012
Monday, August 20, 2012
Starting September 1, the police will be stepping up efforts to cull Pusher Street’s estimated one billion kroner organised cannabis trade through the creation of a new task force. Past police efforts in Christiania have failed to curtail the illegal drug trade, and renewed police efforts in Christiania are also going against current public sentiment. A newspaper poll indicated that nearly 65 percent of the public supported state-controlled cannabis distribution, while Enhedslisten (EL) commissioned a Gallop survey in early August that conveyed that 53 percent agreed or strongly agreed that the state should take over the sale of cannabis.
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