Party Vibe

and reopened few days later:

Defiant

The Worthing Herald, 26th August 2005

WORTHING’S last cannabis café has reopened just days after police shut it down.

Up to 40 officers used a huge saw and cutting gear to force through two 5in-thick reinforced doors to get into the Amsterdam-style café in Victoria Road, Worthing, on August 11.

Two men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of supplying controlled drugs and West Sussex fire officers closed down the premises over safety fears that there was no fire escape.

But traders working close to the venue were appalled to discover that it was back open for business on Saturday with a steady flow of up to 200 customers a day, little more than a week after officers swooped.

One businesswoman, who asked not to be named, said: “It is a joke. If I tried to open a business with no planning permission, which was illegal, and had no fire regulations or sufficient fire exits and completely waving two fingers at the law, I wouldn’t expect to get away with it for two years.”

full story: http://www.thehempire.com/index.php/cannabis/news/defiant/

and finally, just for good measure, demolished into rubble:

Pot Cafe Up In Smoke

The Brighton and Hove Argus, 22nd April 2006

The final death knell for an alleged cannabis cafe has sounded as demolition teams arrived to tear it down.

Bulldozers were on hand in Victoria Road, Worthing, yesterday, to clear the building said to have been used for cannabis smoking for more than two-and-a-half years.

A large scale raid involving 40 officers was conducted in August last year. A large quantity of the drug was seized and the venue was closed, only to be re-opened again within two weeks.

Now there is no chance of it resurfacing as it is being demolished to make way for low-cost flats to be built by developers, Worthing Homes.

http://www.thehempire.com/index.php/cannabis/news/pot_cafe_up_in_smoke/