Andorra border search finds 316 g of cannabis and 205 g of hashish
On the night of 30 August 2026, Andorran police at the Runer river crossing stopped a 51-year-old resident with two minor children in his car, seized 229 g of cannabis and 203 g of hashish from the boot and later found another 87 g of cannabis and 2 g of hashish at his home. He tested positive for drugs and was later released with charges.
🇦🇩 Runer river border, Sant Julià de Lòria · Andorra
On the night of Saturday 30 August 2026, Andorran police stopped a
51-year-old resident at the Runer river border as he entered the country in a
private car with his two minor children.[1][2]During the check he tested
positive for drugs.[1][2]
In the boot, officers found 229 grams of cannabis, nine cannabis cigarettes and
203 grams of hashish.[1][2]A search of his home later turned up another
87 grams of cannabis, two grams of hashish, three precision scales and twelve
large plastic bags with cannabis residue.[1][2]Police suspected he intended
to distribute the drugs.[1][2]
He was arrested and held while investigators examined his phone.[1][2]On
1 September a duty judge released him with charges for possession, import and
trafficking of narcotics, without sending him to prison.[2]
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Police also arrested another 51-year-old man at the same border on the previous Friday with cocaine in his helmet; that separate stop is not part of this report.
The cannabis figure is 316 g of marijuana (229 g in the car plus 87 g at home); police also seized 205 g of hashish (203 g plus 2 g), which is not counted in kg_seized.
Nine marijuana cigarettes were seized in the car; their weight is not given.
The man was not named. A duty judge released him with charges on 1 September; no trial date was set.
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