Never before have so many Danes been imprisoned for delivering cannabis or cocaine to someone’s door that was ordered over the phone.
In what has been described as a co-ordinated effort, the police registered 375 cases last year in which drug deliveries were arranged via a text message or phone call.
“We’ve had a national focus on the so-called ‘brown messengers’, the delivery of drugs arranged over the phone, over the last couple of years,” Lisbeth Jessen, a deputy police inspector, told Metroxpress newspaper.
“We’ve seen a development where more people buy drugs similar to the way they order pizza. We typically see prepaid cards in these cases, which makes it harder to trace them.”
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The police said that the ‘brown messengers’ have replaced the many hash clubs that existed in most cities nationwide a few years ago.
Two political parties (Dansk Folkeparti and Socialdemokraterne) want to make it compulsory to show ID when purchasing a prepaid phone card, while Liberal Alliance said it wanted to legalise cannabis.
