荷蘭罐購物指印顧客

TOBY純正，美聯社作家

阿姆斯特丹，荷蘭-被准許的咖啡店賣大麻在南部的荷蘭市馬斯特里赫特將開始指紋識別顧客和掃描他們的身份證這個夏天幫助證明他們`關於治理這樣銷售的以下規則。

「這不是我們願意做着的事，但充滿痛苦在我們的心臟」，果渣Josemans，馬斯特里赫特`s咖啡店聯合的主席，說星期三。 他說商店在鹿特丹和幾個荷蘭邊界城市考慮跟隨衣服。

Marijuana is technically illegal in the Netherlands, but cities may license shops to sell no more than 5 grams per customer per day. The shops may not sell to anyone under 18, nor permit drugs other than marijuana or hashish on the premises.

As a result, 11 of Maastricht‘s 26 licensed shops have been closed, leaving just 15 open.

“We‘re not going to give this information to anybody else, and we‘re not linked to each other or the Internet,” Josemans said.

He said the shops already have video surveillance cameras and cooperate with police in criminal investigations, but the stored fingerprints would be too low in quality for use by police.

City spokesman Math Wijnands said the drug trade brought a host of problems, most notably petty criminals who seek to sell marijuana or other drugs in the neighborhood of the licensed coffee shops.

The city is negotiating to move more than half of the remaining shops to the outskirts of town — angering neighboring countries like Belgium who object to having what amount to marijuana drive-through stores on their doorsteps.

“If they‘re going to take ID checks into their own hands and obey the rules as much as possible, then that‘s only to be applauded,” he said.

Josemans said the system had been vetted with the Netherlands‘ digital privacy watchdog, known by its Dutch acronym CBP, and did not violate any laws. A CBP spokeswoman could not immediately confirm that.

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