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Kristian Johnson

Drone footage over Hyde Park shows hundreds of people celebrating 420 Day

Hundreds of people packed into Hyde Park on Saturday, April 20 - but while many sunworshippers were there to catch the rays, plenty of others flocked to Woodhouse Moor for an entirely different reason.

The date has become known as '420 Day' in recent years, as events take place across the world in an unofficial celebration of cannabis.

Activists in all four corners of the globe take part as they call for the Class B drug to be legalised and the form of campaigning is quite simple - smoking a spliff in an act of defiance.

The baking hot temperatures in Leeds on Saturday certainly contributed to a bumper turnout, which was captured in the stunning drone footage above.

Arrests for cannabis possession in Leeds are falling - police explain why

Smoking cannabis is illegal - but that didn't seem to stop hordes of people doing so on a scorching Saturday afternoon.

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