over the last few months have hash-pushers around the country could feel the effects of an intensive and targeted effort targeted against the smuggling of hashish from Morocco to Spain.
This has among other things resulted in, that the kilo-price of marijuana has gone up here, because there is a certain lack of hash.
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the Spanish and moroccan authorities have worked closely together in connection with the stake, and thousands of cops have been in action on both sides of the strait of Gibraltar.
It tells sources with insight in the international police cooperation to Ekstra Bladet.
In Morocco produced the majority of the marijuana that is smoked in Europe, and by far the most of the marijuana is smuggled to Europe via Spain's south-facing shores.
the Smuggling is done both through the regular ferry service, which goes over the straits of Gibraltar, and also the greater and the less both used.
Why has the police operation has also been directed towards the exit with the so-called powerboats from moroccan ports, give it to Ekstra Bladet.
Powerboats are large and horsepower-strong motor boats that are popular to use for the smuggling of hashish across the strait of Gibraltar.
Yet it is not, however, managed to put a full stop to the smuggling across the strait, where it still landed large quantities in Spain.
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taking a typical range in a Pusher Street-stall out. Photo: Stine Tisvilde
But the fight against the organised smuggling can be felt in Denmark. Sources in the Danish hash environment will not, however, go so far as to call it direct cannabis-drought.
however, it is been quite noticeably, and around the hash-the environment has been våndet themselves.
It applies, for example, in the Pusher Street at Christiania, there is the country's largest, obvious hashmarked. Deliveries to the stalls in the world famous hashgade has in recent months been less robust.
- It is just before, there is not enough to saturate the market. All stands on the toes of each other to get hold of the hash, tells a source in the environment to Ekstra Bladet.
another source told how there are no problems with, to get rid of even large amounts:
- The large consignments, you can get rid of in no time, says the source.
at the same time is the price pr. ounce gone up. Kilopriserne varies of course according to quality, and the sources tell how, for example, a kilogram of hashish, which before cost $ 20,000, now costs 28.000 kr.
This affects of course also the price in the consumer-joint. Good enough is the price increase here hidden. But it is there, says the sources.
the price increase is hidden from the hash the buyers by selling the hash of the lower grades as better and more expensive hash. Hash-prices vary always with the quality and THC potency in the hashen.
there are Thus, de facto, been an increase in the price. even on a gram of hash on the street is still available from 50 kroner and up.
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Several of the stalls in Pusher Street closes at the same time earlier, because there are not enough hash. The price increase has also importance in the sense that if the police come by - and they do quite often and it loses its hashprodukter, yes, so is the loss greater.
Other sources tell, that it for example has become more difficult to buy a plate of hash with quantity discount, where the former was no problem.
You run never dry for cannabis products. For in addition to the marijuana sold there is also the skunk in the Pusher Street. And this value-added cannabisprodukt be cultivated most often at home in the illegal horticulture.
At Copenhagen Police follow closely the general developments in Pusher Street:
- We may well recognize the image, and we note that in recent times both have been in smaller quantities for sale in the stalls, like the stalls also close earlier, says Lars-Ole Karlsen, head of the Operational Centre, the Copenhagen Police.
- It is only desirable if the Spanish and moroccan police's action against the suppliers turns out to be felt on the illegal market in Denmark. Our efforts against buyers and sellers continues unabated. adds Lars-Ole Karlsen.
