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Court: Swiss police can’t seize small amounts of cannabis for personal use (www.swissinfo.ch)

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Police in Switzerland do not have the unconditional right to confiscate and destroy cannabis quantities less than 10 grams, the country’s Federal Court has ruled.

The possession of such small quantities of weed, if for personal use rather than re-sale, is already not treated as a criminal offense in Switzerland.

However, on Monday the highest court in Switzerland clarified that such mini-amounts are also not liable for seizure – that is, if there is no proof of any crime having taken place, and if the user is not nabbed while actually consuming the drug.

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[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

As much as that one kiffer in my building bothers me with his constant smoking I think it's amazing that we're at a point now where the police basically have to give the drugs back and we even have some places with a legal pilot program.

[–] smoof@kbin.social 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought the title meant the cops were using the confiscated cannabis lol.

[–] slurpy@feddit.ch 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It seems the "confiscate and destroy" part was not clear enough.. /s

[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes your honor, the whole department got together to ensure the confiscated material was indeed incinerated. Do you happen to have a snack with you?

[–] slurpy@feddit.ch 2 points 2 years ago

So they needed too much "resources" for their "destroy" process so they took it away from them.