Reykjavík police this morning released details of two raids on premises last night where they found that cannabis plants were being grown. Read the full story

A Body Shop advert has been condemned in a Swedish city for using cannabis leaves to promote its range of hemp products. The crime prevention unit in Orebro, central Sweden, paid a visit to the ethical cosmetics shop this week, complaining that displaying the Cannabis sativa (industrial hemp) leaf could encourage drug use among youngsters. Read the full story

A young man, who acted as a banker for cannabis dealers and their customers, is being charged with hiding millions of kroner in a secret depot in Denmark. According to Copenhagen police, over the past year, up to DKK 50 million (USD 9.4 million) was stashed in a hotel room in the city. Read the full story

A Finnish business that specialises in the sale of gardening equipment has been raided by local police under suspicions that the operation is deliberately promoting the purchase and use of home cultivation equipment for growing cannabis. Read the full story

Greenlandic politicians are up in arms over  their colleagues’ drug use, which is widespread according to opposition MP Doris Jakobsen. Read the full story

According to Reykjavik police, officers got hold of 621 cannabis plants when they raided an industrial building in Kjalarnes on Wednesday evening. In addition to the plants, police also confiscated 4.8 kg of marijuana and 5 kg of cannabis leaves. There were 30 sun lamps in operation. Read the full story

In one of the biggest drug busts in its history, Denmark has broken up a drug smuggling ring that imported as much as 17 tonnes of hashish into the country from the Netherlands and Spain over the past 18 months. The Copenhagen police have been secretly investigating the criminal group since January, and have arrested nine people to date. Read the full story