Hundreds of people marched through the centre of Cardiff on Saturday calling for cannabis to be legalised.

Campaigners left Cathays Park at 1pm and headed down Queen Street towards Cardiff Central Library before finishing in Hamadryad Park.

The march was part of the wider Global Marijuana March, normally held on the first Saturday in May across the world.

It remains illegal to possess, grow, distribute or sell cannabis in any form in the UK.

It is a Class B drug and the maximum penalty for use is five years in prison.

According to office for national statistics in 2014, possession of cannabis offences accounted for 67% of all recorded drug offences in the UK.

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