Customs officials seized 1.5 tonnes of cannabis from a Spanish truck on a motorway service area near Poitiers and the driver was charged and imprisoned, the Rennes prosecutor announced on Wednesday May 20.
The seizure took place on May 14, on the area of the A10 Poitiers-Chince highway: Poitiers customs officials seized 936 kilos of grass and 554 kilos of cannabis resin hidden in a truck carrying pallets of coins automobiles.
" The drugs were hidden in wooden cases hidden at the bottom of the trailer, " said prosecutor Philippe Astruc in a press release.
The Spanish driver, born in 1974 and without a criminal record, " declared going to the Paris region to deliver the pallets of auto parts he was transporting ", according to the same source. It was handed over to the Poitiers judicial police and the Poitiers prosecutor's office relinquished the case to the prosecution of the specialized interregional jurisdiction (Jirs) of Rennes.
Judicial information has been opened. The Spanish driver was charged on May 18 and imprisoned.
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Also on Wednesday, we learned that customs officials had seized in Burgundy on May 14, 438 kilos of cannabis herb and 65 kilos of drugs known for their psychotropic effect in trucks coming from Spain and en route to the Netherlands. This seizure deprives " a criminal organization of almost 4.5 million euros in illicit profits, its means of transport and what seems to be its rotating freight ," reacted the Minister of Action and Public Accounts, Gérald Darmanin, quoted in the press release.
On deconfinement Monday, a ton of cannabis herb was discovered on the highway near Besançon.
