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Weed seed seller Gypsy Nirvana wins latest round of five-year US extradition battle

CANNABIS seed seller Gypsy Nirvana hailed “British justice” yesterday after winning the latest round of his five-year battle against extradition to the US.

Mr Nirvana, who was formerly a roadie for the Clash, faced four charges of producing and distributing, importing and exporting cannabis seeds and money laundering in the US state of Maine.

A district judge at Westminster magistrates’ court dismissed a previous attempt to extradite Mr Nirvana last August as the possession and sale of cannabis seeds is not illegal under British law.

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