Three years for 263 kg of cannabis hidden in a PMR van at Le Boulou
Customs at the Le Boulou A9 toll found 263 kg of cannabis pollen in sports bags in a wheelchair access van on 9 September 2026. On 14 September the Perpignan court sentenced the sole driver to three years in prison and a €2.63 million customs fine; customs valued the load above €2 million.
🇫🇷 Le Boulou toll (A9); sentenced at Perpignan · France
- Cannabis
- 263 kg
- Prison
- 3 years
- Fine
- EUR 2,630,000
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 2,000,000
On 9 September 2026, inland surveillance customs officers at the Le Boulou toll on the A9, on the
Spain-to-France carriageway, checked a French-plated van marked for wheelchair passenger transport.[1][2]
The driver, alone in the vehicle, said he did not know what he was carrying.[1][2] Officers found
large sports bags at the rear containing 263 kilograms of cannabis pollen; the Perpignan customs
directorate valued it at more than two million euros on the illicit market.[1][2]
The man was held by customs, then handed to the Perpignan OFAST anti-narcotics office on prosecutors’
instructions.[1][2]
On 14 September 2026 the Perpignan judicial court tried him in immediate appearance and sentenced
him to three years in prison and a €2,630,000 customs fine.[1][2] Customs said the case showed
traffickers misusing disability-access vehicles to move drugs.[1]
Sources
- Arrêté à la frontière, il transportait plus de 250 kilos de drogue dans un véhicule pour handicapés. L'Indépendant, 17 September 2026. In French. Archived copy.
- Il transportait du cannabis dans son utilitaire pour personnes à mobilité réduite, le chauffeur écope de trois ans de prison. France 3 Occitanie, 17 September 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- The driver's name and nationality were not published in the sources opened.
- No passengers were reported in the adapted van; customs photos show sports bags at the rear.
