Businessman challenges ban on products with principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis

Andrius Rogusas claims Ireland's outright ban on all products with any amount of THC is contrary to EU laws concerning the free movement of goods.

Tetrahydrocannabinol is the psychoactive constituent of cannabis. File picture: Getty

A test action challenging Ireland's outright ban on the sale of any products containing the principal psychoactive constituent of cannabis, has opened before the High Court.

The action has been brought by Andrius Rogusas of Crowe Street, Dundalk, who on October 21, 2020, had goods, namely oils that he imported from Slovenia, seized by Customs on the basis they were prohibited by national legislation.