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Nimbin's 'polite' protest over raid
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4-2-2009 5:42 AM
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Very interesting town. A culture of it's own.
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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>YOU gotta have a bit of fun, said one Nimbin local as a dozen members of the 'Polite Force' marked the first anniversary of Nimbin's April Fools' Day raid.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2009/04/02/nimbin-stages-polite-protest-over-drug-raid/"><P>It was a year ago yesterday that about 50 police from around the State stormed the Nimbin Museum, Hemp Bar and Hemp Embassy, arresting eight and seizing four kilograms of cannabis.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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