The main customs office in Nuremberg has removed 150 kilograms of marijuana hidden in 17 tons of dried fruit on a truck.
The driver is in custody.
Nuremberg - At the end of July, customs officers from the main customs office in Nuremberg pulled a truck out of circulation on which they discovered 150 kilograms of marijuana.
The drugs were hidden between 17 tons of dried fruit, as the main customs office explains in a press release.
The truck driver was driving his vehicle from Southeastern Europe on the A3 when the officers selected him for inspection at Nürnberg * -Mögeldorf.
According to customs, the man wanted to evade a check and did not stop until the officers tried to stop for the third time.
Zoll Nürnberg finds marijuana on a truck: drugs were hidden between 17 tons of dried fruit
After initial contact, his truck was brought to the Cargo Center at Nuremberg Airport, as security was not possible on the autobahn. Once there, two dogs from customs sniffed out the drug and struck. Customs then examined the cargo with an X-ray machine - this confirmed the suspicion. The customs officers found a total of 150 kilograms of marijuana, distributed in 25 sacks, hidden between 17 tons of dried fruit.
"As a result, criminal proceedings were initiated against the 26-year-old driver on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Act," writes the main customs office.
He is currently in custody at the request of the Nuremberg-Fürth public prosecutor's office.
The Joint Investigation Group on Narcotics North Bavaria of the Customs Investigation Office in Munich and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office are responsible for the further investigations.
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