Nice discovery for the Perthus customs officers.
Last Tuesday March 23 at 9.50 a.m., while checking a van registered in Germany, in the Boulou area on the A9 motorway, 12 kilometers from Spain, Jedi, their drug-sniffing dog, discovers a double wall concealing a sock.
Inside the latter: a bag full of tickets.
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After this discovery, the German van was escorted to the Perthus customs brigade and then fully searched.
Customs officials finally discovered 25 socks hidden in the double walls of the vehicle.
Inside these, “
40 heat-sealed bags filled with banknotes
”.
Customs officials also discovered "
seven chargers for GLOCK (handgun) and a jammer,
" said Olivier Dussopt, Minister Delegate in charge of Public Accounts in a press release published Tuesday, April 13.
After counting, customs officials establish their discovery at 388,460 euros in banknotes.
The driver was placed in customs detention and handed over to the Financial Judicial Investigations Service (SEJF) on the evening of March 23.
"
The investigations carried out by judicial customs officers have shown a link between the seizure and an organized criminal network for laundering the proceeds of various offenses
," the statement said.
The man was remanded in custody pending his court appearance scheduled for May 3.
In 2020, "
French customs officers intercepted in 2020, 59.5 million euros for failure to report and laundering
", recalls Olivier Dussopt.
