Copenhagen's Christiana Neighbourhood Clears Out Famous Pusher Street

Copenhagen 's libertarian Christiana neighbourhood, an old hippie paradise tainted in recent years by drug trafficking violence, is clearing out its famous Pusher Street , where cannabis used to be sold freely.

Pusher Street “has deteriorated into being a really not very nice place,” Hulda Mader, spokeswoman for the Christianites, told AFP.On Saturday, the locals will mark the official closure of the street. For Mader, who is in her 70s and has lived in the area since 1994, it is important that most of the area’s 1,000 or so residents support the action, which is being carried out in cooperation with the police and the City of Copenhagen.“Their commitment is crucial,” Copenhagen mayor Sophie Haestorp Andersen told AFP.

In the 84-acre waterside enclave, the sale and consumption of cannabis is illegal but tolerated, making it a hotspot for drug trafficking. The police arrested some 900 people in connection with drug trafficking in the area in 2023. No figures were given for the quantities of drugs seized.

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