PARIS — The founder of world-renowned acrobatic group Cirque du Soleil has been detained in French Polynesia in a drug-trafficking investigation. It said the Canadian entrepreneur is being questioned about cannabis grown for personal use on his private island of Nukutepipi. The company says Laliberte is a medical marijuana user, but he “categorically denies” involvement in the sale or trafficking of controlled substances. “Guy Laliberte completely dissociates himself from any rumor implicating him… in the sale or traffic of drugs,” it said. According to local television station Polynesie Premiere, police had questioned one of Laliberte’s associates some weeks ago on suspicion of possessing drugs and found images of marijuana plantations on their mobile phone.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer November 13, 2019 23:04 UTC