Copenhagen's hippie oasis wants to rebuild without illegal hashish market

FILE - A man rides a bicycle by The Grey Hall at Christiania neighborhood of Copenhagen, Feb. 11, 2004. FILE - A member of the Copenhagen police patrols the enclave of Christiania in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 16, 2004. The hippies who turned the derelict naval base into a freewheeling neighborhood 50 years ago want to boot criminals out of the area.

The now-aging hippies who took over a derelict naval base in Copenhagen more than 50 years ago and turned it into a freewheeling community known as Christiania want to boot out criminals who control the community's lucrative market for hashish by ripping up the cobblestone street where it openly changes hands.