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Reports have been emerging on Twitter that Jamie Barnes, the Thurrock candidate for pro-Cannabis party CISTA has been spoken to by police over possession of cannabis. Initial reports claimed he'd actually been arrested.

The reports did not come as a surprise to some people on Twitter.

But some at the scene claim that he may just have been 'spoken to' and that he wasn't found to have any cannabis on him:

(Image: Jamie Barnes/Twitter)

CISTA, the Cannabis Is Safer That Alcohol party, are campaigning for a review of the UK's drug laws. Barnes is not expected to do well in his attempt to become the MP for Thurrock.

We've contacted the CISTA press office for a statement and are awaiting reply.