French MEP Rima Hassan was cleared of suspicion of possession of illegal drugs. Based on information from the radical left-wing party Unyielding France (LFI) and the Paris prosecutor’s office, the Politico news website reported on this.
- Rima Hassan was cleared of suspicion of possession of illegal drugs by the French authorities.
- The MEP was detained upon arrival at the judicial police for questioning.
- They found a substance similar to 3-MMC, initially thought to be a drug, in her purse.
- Laboratory tests showed that the limit of THC was exceeded, but without the fulfillment of a crime.
- Hassan faces prosecution for posting on X Network about terrorist Okamoto.
Hassanová, who is a member of the Left group in the European Parliament, she was taken into police custody when she appeared at the headquarters of the judicial police in the second arrondissement of Paris on April 2. She was summoned there for questioning in the case of justifying terrorism.
The newspaper Le Parisien subsequently reported that the MEP was also accused of using, transporting and possessing drugs. Several grams of a synthetic drug were reportedly found in the purse she had with her when she came to the police. Paris prosecutors later said it was a substance “reminiscent” of 3-MMC – described as a designer drug – adding that further tests were needed.
Hassan denied the claims and said she was only carrying cannabidiol (CBD) products legally purchased in Brussels. CBD is a substance contained in the hemp plant, but it does not have the same effects as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) – the main psychoactive component of marijuana.
The Paris prosecutor’s office confirmed on Thursday that in the product marked ako CBD was found to contain just over one percent THC, which is above the legal limit of 0.3 percent, but still not enough to constitute a criminal offense. The LFI responded by asking the Independent Regulatory Authority for the Media (ARCOM) to demand that the media that spread the false claim about Hassan publish a correction.
The primary reason for the prosecution of the MEP is her post published on March 26 on the X social network, in which she mentioned the name of a member of the ultra-left militant group Japanese Red Army (Nihon Sekigun) Kozo Okamoto. He was one of the three perpetrators of the attack that took place at Ben Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv on May 30, 1972. There, Okamoto and two accomplices opened fire on the crowd, killing 26 passengers and injuring 80.
Rima Hassan’s post mentioning Okamoto was deleted shortly after it was published. He will appear in court on July 7 in this case. The MEP was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria and has been dedicated to supporting Palestinian demands for a long time.
