The trial, which took place Monday, February 11, before the court of appeal of Caen, in Calvados, is surprising. According to our colleagues of the actu.fr , a gardener of 25 years was judged to have driven a traffic of narcotic drugs for nearly four years. Stopped in 2015 in the garden of the city hall of Mortagne-au-Perche, the person concerned was 18 grams of cannabis herb, two phones and € 200. The searches later had allowed investigators to find nearly 800 grams of drug, 400 euros in small denominations, as well as weapons. The material "the perfect little trafficker" according to the court of Caen, which comes from the condemn to two years of suspended prison.

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The man was not just a dealer in reality. The searches conducted in his home had also allowed the Police to hand over seven feet of cannabis and three garbage bags filled with leaves. This discovery had revealed his undeniable skills in gardening, in particular, gained through... job center. In fact, before embarking on the plantation of cannabis, the latter had had the benefit of a forrmation of a gardener through the public agency. Thereafter, the unemployed person with the green hand had made grass grow for his own consumption - a couple of joints a day, before turning to the sale and the traffic.

Often criticized for worthlessness, and the cost of his training, the job center now totals $ 160 courses of landscape gardener available via its website. These can allow access to different professions such as agent maintenance of green spaces". "The agent in the green spaces, explains the public agency, manages all the work related to the green spaces. It maintains the massive, weeds and mows the lawn, trims the hedges, etc".

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The exploitation of cannabis, considered a narcotic, does thus obviously not part of the scope of competences of the professionals in the gardening. Recall that according to the law, "the unlawful use of any of the substances or plants classified as narcotics is punishable by a year in prison and 3,750 euro fine". In addition to his two years of probation, the young gardener will also need to complete 70 hours of work in the general interest by 18 months.

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