Lidl raid because of hemp products from start-up

Nils Wischmeyer Nils Wischmeyer | 16.08.2021

The discounter had taken products from "The Green Dealers" into the assortment. Now the police want to examine the goods more closely.

Lidl and the start-up The Green Dealers have run into problems with the police. The discounter had included various hemp products of the still young company in its assortment, including "hash brownies", "cannabis energy drinks" and "cannabis cookies". These contain CBD, which is short for cannabidiol, but were not supposed to have any psychoactive effects.

Problems with the police did arise, however. In Rosenheim, the investigators seized individual products. They want to examine these more closely, whereupon Lidl initially removed all products of the start-up from its range. The discounter told the German press agency dpa that it was working closely with the authorities. Apparently, it is about a possible violation of the narcotics law. Therefore, it is being investigated whether the products contain THC or CBD, according to a spokesperson for the Heilbronn public prosecutor's office.

The products were manufactured by the company Euphoria, whose distribution service provider The Green Dealers had apparently set up the deal with Lidl. Just a week ago, the founder of The Green Dealers, Arnim von Brunn, proudly posted about the action. "A year ago it was just an idea. Now it's going to be 1.5 million first-time buyers! Lidl and The Green Dealers rock Germany - with Euphoria!", he wrote on Linkedin, citing a few numbers: "3,350 stores, 21 red hot cannabis food products, 100% legal".


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