Pubdate: Sun, 30 Apr 2006
Source: Observer, The (UK)
Copyright: 2006 The Observer
Contact:  http://www.observer.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/315
Author: Ned Temko
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CANNABIS FOUND AT HOME OF DEFENCE SECRETARY

Cannabis resin with a street value of 85p was found during a routine 
security search of the home of the Defence Secretary John Reid.

The discovery came while Reid was in Afghanistan last week visiting 
newly deployed British troops. Strathclyde police said that the 
cannabis, weighing less than a gram, had been found in a guest room 
in Reid's home in his former constituency of Hamilton North and 
Bellshill in Lanarkshire.

Assistant Chief Constable John Corrigan said that Reid had 
'co-operated fully with the police and is not suspected of having 
committed any offence'.

Reid issued a statement confirming that a 'minuscule' amount of 
cannabis resin had been found, and added: 'I have no idea where it 
came from, or when. There is no suggestion that this involves me or 
members of my family and both I and the Strathclyde Police regard the 
matter as closed.'

Defence ministry sources said that the drugs could have been in the 
house for up to 20 years, during which time hundreds of people had 
passed through.
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