Police seize marijuana vending machine

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New Zealand police said Friday that they seized a marijuana vending machine during a raid on a "cannabis club" in Auckland which campaigns for the drug's legalisation.

The vending machine at The Daktory in suburban New Lynn had been set up to dispense one gram (0.035 ounce) bags of marijuana for NZ$20 (US$16.2) each, one of the campaigners behind the scheme told AFP.

Police said they arrested four people and seized the vending machine, NZ$27,000 in cash and around 700 grams of cannabis, as well as bongs, pipes and other utensils when they raided the property on Thursday evening.

The innovative marijuana distribution method has received light-hearted media coverage in New Zealand in recent days but detective inspector Bruce Scott said The Daktory was breaking drug laws.

Cannabis is illegal in New Zealand although studies show it is the third most popular drug in the country, after alcohol and tobacco.

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