Several stores selling cannabidiol (CBD) products, mostly in central France, have announced their closure.For an indefinite period“Following the investigation opened by the Aurillac prosecutor’s office for drug trafficking, we learned on Wednesday from consistent sources.
Two men and two companies were charged as part of a judicial investigation opened by the Aurillac court last Thursday, a judicial source told AFP. These crimesTargeted trafficking of hemp resin or CBD with a THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) level greater than 0.3%“, this source elaborated.
THC is a molecule with a psychoactive effect, the threshold of which should not exceed 0.3% in France. The charges relate specifically to the importation, acquisition, possession, transportation, use and supply or transfer of narcotics, but also to:misleading business practices” and “implementation of operations assigned to the profession of a pharmacist without meeting the conditions for the implementation of that profession;“.
Both men were subjected to judicial supervision. Stores belonging to the same chain in Aurillac, Limoges, Montluçon (Allier), Guéret, Bourges and Vierzon (Cher) announced their closure on social media.For an indefinite period“And another one in Montauban (Tarne-et-Garonne) was put under the seal,” the AFP correspondent said.
The channel’s website says it’s “under maintenance“. One of the accused who contacted AFP, a 27-year-old owner of three shops, said:dispute all the facts“, without wanting to express himself further. The lawyer of the two men, Me Xavier Pizarro, did not want to comment.regarding the ongoing investigation.In late January, the State Council suspended a government decision banning the sale of hemp flower and leaf, which is loaded with CBD, the non-psychoactive molecule in hemp.
Source: Le Figaro
