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MAASTRICHT, Netherlands — New Dutch laws to stub out the sale of cannabis to foreign dope tourists kicked in Tuesday — and were met with defiance from southern coffee shops including in Maastricht.

At least one coffee shop in the southern city continued sales to Belgian and German buyers in contravention of the new “cannabis card” rules — and was promptly slapped with a police warning to stop sales to non-residents within 24 hours.

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“People, you can come inside without a cannabis card. We are open to everybody,” Marc Josemans, owner of the Easy Going coffee shop told his clientele as they lined up outside his place.

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Josemans, who has been spearheading a pro-pot drive to get the new Dutch laws scrapped, opened his doors at around 11:15 am (0915 GMT) to some 20 customers, at least two from Belgium and one from Germany.

“I think the cannabis card is discriminatory and trouble in the streets will grow in the weeks to come,” Josemans told AFP as his customers bought the Dutch maximum legal quantity of five grams of marijuana before leaving.