British woman grew lots of marijuana in Hungary ‘for her own consumption’
The District Prosecution Office of Kaposvár has charged a British woman in her fifties with possession of a significant amount of marijuana. She was growing large quantities of the illegal plant in her garden.
Telex writes that according to the indictment, the British woman settled in a village near Kaposvár in the mid-2010s. Her house also had a large garden area. Over time, the accused acquired an unspecified number of cannabis seeds with high level of active drug ingredients, which she planted in her backyard and cultivated for her consumption.
Permaculture with a twist
The information about the cultivation reached the police in Kaposvár in September 2022. The police went to the woman’s house, where they found ornamental plants, medicinal plants, herbs, and plants of the original native flora. She was following a set of principles in her garden in accordance with the permaculture approach. The investigators discovered more than 100 hemp hybrid plants in various stages of development among the plants. These, according to the findings on the spot, were cultivated in a continuous, rotational pattern.
The outcome
Investigators seized a significant quantity of the marijuana plants, which were considered drugs, at the scene. The prosecutor’s office submitted an indictment to the District Court of Kaposvár, in which it proposed that the woman should be sentenced to prison and banned from public office.
Today, drug possession is one of the most common offences. Hungarian law makes no distinction between light and hard drugs. However, the level of the penalty depends on the amount of drugs found. In the case of growing marijuana, 5 plants of hemp are considered a small quantity. Above this amount, the court will carefully examine whether the intention of selling the drug can be inferred.
The following photos were taken by the policemen during the search in the accused’s garden:
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