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Some 20 people are to be tried before the criminal court in Liège in the autumn, in the wake of an investigation by Belgian and Dutch police after a months-long operation to dismantle a vast network of cannabis producers and traders.
The case has highlighted the huge surge in cannabis cultivation in recent years, remarks La Libre Belgique, which quotes a judge who specialises in drug prosecutions —
A few years ago, the cases involved relative amateurs. Now barely a week goes by without the discovery of a hangar or a villa managed in a professional way.
The most recent Belgian directive on cannabis, which dates from February 1, 2005, allows adults to hold up to 3 grams of the drug, and to grow cannabis for strictly personal use.
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