UK: Couple Who Helped Kenyans with Drug Profits Jailed

[L2R]

A British couple who ran a cannabis factory have been jailed despite using most of the proceeds of their illicit activities to help a Kenyan village where they were regular visitors.

Michael Foster, 62, and Susan Cooper, 63, made hundreds of thousands of pounds from a sophisticated cannabis growing operation at their Lincolnshire farmhouse, which was only discovered when a police officer chasing a burglar near their home recognised the distinctive smell coming from the property.

It was described at Lincoln crown court as "the most unusual cannabis growing case of this type".

The couple paid for life-saving surgery for a villager near Mombasa, Kenya, purchased computers for an eye hospital, and paid for schooling for children, the court heard

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Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/couple-...fits-jailed-20121019-27uyl.html#ixzz29hWNAXbV

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

government failure

 

[Captain.Heroin]

I hope stories like this get people reconsidering the legal status of marijuana.

And stories like this make me thankful to live in California. %)

 

[adam west]

free them

 

[slimvictor]

This will go down in the books as something symbolizing the sickness of the drug war.
It is a story that will be told in future generations to much open-mouthed astonishment.
It will serve as concrete evidence that the drug war leads to the wrong priorities being pursued as a matter of public policy.
People will tell their children about this, and end the story with "And we must never go back"

 

[♢♧♡♤]

Yes it's a shame the judge was so cold hearted.
You could say three years is not long considering what some sentences are, however it must feel like a seriously long time. A terrible shame they physically can't help the people they were previously changing the lives of for the better.
Of course there are other types in the drug trade who do far less good. However it's clear that this couple is on the very innocent side of the spectrum, and so dismay with the system is the only rational reaction to this bad news