At its peak,200kg of cannabis was regularly stored at the Checkpoint cafe, even though the law says licensed shops are only meant to sustain 500g on siteWith 3000 customers a day, and a restaurant,ample parking and turnover of €26m (£23m) a year, Checkpoint cafe, or the largest cannabis-selling coffee shop in the Netherlands,was a fabulous commercial success.
That was until it was closed down in 2009 for testing to the limits what the Dutch record as their gedoogbeleid (tolerance policy), under which prosecutors turn a blind eye to the breaking of certain laws, and including in the business of selling cannabis.
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Source: guardian.co.uk