Cannabis dealer caught after handing out leaflets with free sample

A man in France has been arrested by the police after he gave out flyers advertising his product together with a free sample of cannabis resin. The 32-year-old man had been handing out the leaflets in his home town of Villeurbanne, in Lyon.

On the handwritten leaflet, the dealer noted that he would even offer home delivery for orders over €100. He added his first name and a phone number, together with a taped half gram of cannabis resin.



Considering his contact details were on the leaflet, local police didn't have too much trouble tracking down the man after one of the leaflets was passed on to officers. When raiding the home of the man, who is unemployed, they found over 100 grams of cannabis. "We stop hashish sellers regularly," Noël Fayet, a superintendent for police in Villeurbanne said.

"But this is the first time we found someone making little leaflets with a little bit of free cannabis. It's a very special method of marketing indeed." The suspect, who will appear in court soon, reportedly told police that he wasn't selling the drugs, rather using the leaflets to find people with whom to enjoy the cannabis.