Cannabis Industrie.nl reports (google translate) on. case where the authorities couldn’t bring charges and were subsequently fined by a Brussels court for incorrect storage of the CBD
Belgian state must pay €90,000 in damages for CBD weed
The Belgian state has to pay 90,000 euros in damages for incorrectly storing seized CBD weed.
By Editorial Staff -17 January 20220
Another remarkable case in Belgium.
The Belgian state has been sentenced there to pay compensation of 90,000 euros for not properly storing seized CBD weed.
Compensation of 90,000 euros for the poor storage of CBD weed by the Belgian police
“In October 2018, the police seized more than 6 kilograms of cannabis from my client’s warehouse,” lawyer Hamid El Abouti told bruzz.be. “The man runs a shop in the center of Brussels that sells cannabidiol, better known as CBD oil. “The drugs were seized because passers-by noticed a strong cannabis smell at the warehouse. During a search, thirteen bags with a total of 6.837 kilograms of cannabis were taken. A sample was taken from each pouch for analysis. My client did not object, but did request that his equipment be returned as soon as possible.”
CONVERTED AROUND 12.5 EURO PER GRAM, INCLUDING A OVER THAT ANOTHER DAMAGES OF 5000 EURO
The seller in question was eventually allowed to pick up his CBD weed six months later, but found out when he picked it up that the weed had been badly stored and could therefore no longer be sold. He just did not want to take it with him, after which the public prosecutor, the Belgian Public Prosecution Service (OM), would then destroy the weed. But the seller hired a lawyer to claim damages.
The French-speaking court in Brussels ruled in favor of the seller and ordered the state to pay damages of 90,000 euros. Converted about 12.5 euros per gram, including on top of that a compensation of 5000 euros.
CBD industry more often wins lawsuits in Belgium
Last week we reported that an Antwerp CBD store, Florapoint, can open again after an earlier raid on the store turned out to be unjustified. Last year, the Council of State in Belgium turned another CBD store, Kush&Co in the Persoonsstraat in Hasselt, illegally closed by the mayor. Incidentally, in 2020 it was announced that the Belgian government had already earned 4.8 million euros at the time from excise duties and VAT on such products. Since then, that has only increased.
