At the end of January, 19.3 grams of cannabis were deposited in Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s mailbox.
Now a drug activist is accused of drug crimes, it says Norwegian VG.
– We wanted to test the legal system, he says.
In total, the activist has sent just over 153 grams of cannabis to eight addresses. He confesses – but feels no guilt, his defense lawyer Lars Mathias Undheim tells him VG.
– This is civil disobedience. He believes that it is against his human rights to be convicted of drug dealing – it is against everyone’s human rights.
Wanted to test the legal system
The letters – which, according to the activist, were sent in protest – ended up with a number of politicians. Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre received mail at the end of January and another drug letter steamed into Justice Minister Emilie Enger Mehl’s mailbox last November.
– We wanted to test the legal system. That’s why we thought this was a good idea, says the activist, who is also the leader of the Alliance of Rights-Oriented Drug Policy (AROD).
Now the activist is accused of drug offenses and risks two years in prison.
– I wouldn’t have done this if it hadn’t been worth atoning for.
Opened cannabis cafe
Anne Kristin Hjukse, head of communications at the Norwegian Cabinet Committee, does not want to comment on their routines and security investigations.
“We have a system that ensures security that is adapted to the conditions in the office,” writes Hjukse to VG.
In addition to the drug records, the man is accused of having sold drugs on a Saturday in April – when he opened a cannabis cafe in central Oslo.
During the day, the activist managed to sell 375 grams of cannabis before the police had time to close the café, according to the indictment. He has told VG that on that day he sold for 50,000 Norwegian kroner – where the police want to confiscate cannabis for a sum of another 37,000 Norwegian kroner.