Valleyer (19) had stashed 170 grams of marijuana: two weeks of arrest

Created: 01/25/2022, 12:45 p.m

A 19-year-old Valleyer now asserted a large personal need for marijuana in court and thus avoided being convicted as a dealer (symbol image).

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Only community hours were not enough for the judge: A young Valleyer, whom the police in Bayreuth had caught with almost 170 grams of marijuana, was given a two-week arrest.

The 19-year-old is not a blank slate.

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– Two acts that he is said to have committed in Bayreuth in March 2021 brought a Valleyer (19) to the dock of the Miesbach juvenile court.

The man is said to have stored 169.81 grams of marijuana in his apartment, 75 percent of which he wanted to sell, according to the indictment.

In addition, the 19-year-old is said to have sold 0.6 grams for five euros to someone else who was being pursued.

He was accused of illegal trafficking in narcotics "in no small quantity" and illegal possession of narcotics.

Right at the beginning, defense attorney Max-Josef Hösl emphasized that his client confessed "that he owned the 169.81 grams and threw them out of the window".

The Valleyer does not want to have committed the small drug deal with the 0.6 grams.

The police got on his trail because the buyer of the 0.6 grams said that the accused "should have larger amounts of marijuana," as a police officer (29) from Bayreuth said.

During a house search, they actually found those almost 170 grams and a precision scale.

Drug deals are often done on Snapchat, and with good reason

The police officer added that the Valleyer's cell phone had also been evaluated. In the chat histories, people had repeatedly asked if they could come and see him. In addition, some would have liked to shift communication to Snapchat, where messages are not stored. "Chat traffic on Snapchat is common in drug deals," the officer said. The chat histories also show that the Valleyer never asked for material himself, but was only ever asked.

Prosecutors assumed that the young man wanted to sell 75 percent of the 170 grams.

"Commercial utensils such as precision scales, cash in denominations typical of the scene and conspiratorial inquiries in chats were found," the prosecutor explained.

Such a large amount of marijuana would not be bunkered "to use everything for personal consumption".

The accused should therefore be convicted of both allegations - albeit still under juvenile criminal law, as suggested by Josef Stecher from the Miesbach Juvenile Court Aid Service.

Since the Valleyer has a relevant criminal record - also for illegal possession of narcotics - the lawyer pleaded for a permanent arrest of two weeks, five individual counseling sessions at Caritas, a payment of 400 euros and six drug screenings.

Attorney Hösl, on the other hand, saw no evidence that "my client is said to have planned to sell exactly 75 percent of the 170 grams". Rather, he referred to the Valleyer's own consumption: "He was constantly smoking weed and gambling because he didn't have a job at the time." Because of the possession of drugs, his client had to expect a conviction, explained Hösl: "But an arrest conviction is counterproductive and humiliating for almost a teenager.” He pleaded for weekend social services. In addition, his client should prove that he lives drug-free.

Local court director Klaus-Jürgen Schmid also only considered the possession of narcotics to be proven.

For this he sentenced the Valleyer to a two-week arrest, five counseling sessions and three drug screenings.

Schmid explained that the court lacked proof of the intention to make a profit for the allegation of trading.

On the other hand, only community hours were not enough for him.

Schmid warned: "For adults, there is a minimum prison sentence of one year for something like this."