Brussels court jails Albanian man for 36 months over 21 kg airport cannabis
On 30 July 2025, the Brussels correctional court sentenced a young Albanian man to 36 months in prison after customs found 21 kg of cannabis in his luggage on arrival from Bangkok on 22 April 2025; the court rejected his claim that he had unknowingly carried a woman's suitcase.
On 30 July 2025, the Brussels correctional court sentenced a young Albanian man to 36 months in
prison for smuggling cannabis through Brussels Airport.[1][2]
Customs officers had stopped him on 22 April 2025 after he arrived from Bangkok and found 15
packages in his suitcase; tests showed 21 kilograms of cannabis.[1][2]The prosecution said he
claimed he had met a woman in Thailand who asked him to transport the bag without payment and that
he was to leave it at the airport for her sister to collect.[1][2]
The public prosecutor called that account implausible and sought 36 months; his lawyer asked for a
suspended sentence, citing a clean record and work as a driver under electronic monitoring.[1][2]The court imposed an effective 36-month term.[1][2]
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A 25-year-old man from Izegem was sentenced after an undercover agent delivered a resealed postal parcel from Malaga holding 2.6 kilograms of cannabis. A house search added more than 100 grams of cannabis and 9,045 euros in cash, bringing a money-laundering charge, an 18-month largely suspended sentence and forfeiture of the cash.
The Mechelen police court declared a young Dutch man unfit to drive after he admitted in court that he still smoked cannabis every three days, and he had to hand in his driving licence immediately. The court fined him 1,600 euros, half suspended, imposed a 45-day driving ban and said he could only ask for his licence back after six months without drugs.
A 24-year-old man from Duffel was sentenced by the Mechelen criminal court to 120 hours of community service for selling liquid THC, a cannabis product used in e-cigarettes, from his grandparents' home in Mechelen. Police found him through a Snapchat-run delivery service, and the court ordered almost 3,000 euros confiscated.
A young man from Dilbeek was convicted in his absence and given a six-month suspended prison sentence for possessing 30 grams of cannabis found in his car after a speeding stop near Ternat. Investigators found he was not dealing and offered him a 400-euro settlement, which he did not pay, after which he was summoned and sentenced in absentia.
