Locking people up for cannabis possession costs taxpayers £13.5mn

Published time: 27 Dec, 2017 18:37 People caught in possession of cannabis and detained for more than half a day are costing British taxpayers an eye-watering £13.5 million, it has emerged. Some 30,000 such cases were recorded in the past five years. The figures were revealed in response to a freedom of information request by […]