Chalon court jails Serbian driver for 22 kg of cannabis in a truck
On 22 October 2026, the Chalon-sur-Saône court sentenced a 22-year-old Serbian truck driver to 18 months in prison after customs found 22 kg of cannabis in his lorry at Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux on 25 August. He was also banned from France for ten years and fined €96,346.
🇫🇷 Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux, Saône-et-Loire · France
- Arrested
- 1
- Cannabis
- 22 kg
On 25 August 2026, customs officers from Lons-le-Saunier searched a 33-tonne lorry at Dommartin-lès-Cuiseaux and found a little over 22 kg of cannabis.[1][2] The driver, a 22-year-old Serbian working for his parents’ haulage business, was arrested.[1][2]
At the Chalon-sur-Saône criminal court on 22 October 2026 he admitted transporting the drugs for €2,500.[1][2] The court sentenced him to 18 months in prison, banned him from French territory for ten years and ordered a €96,346 customs fine matching the value of the load.[1][2]
Sources
- Arrêté avec 22 kg de cannabis dans son camion, un jeune homme de 22 ans écope de prison ferme. Ouest-France, 26 October 2026. In French.
- Il transportait 22 kg de cannabis dans son camion. Le JSL, 23 October 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- Le JSL named the driver as Luka Neskovic; Ouest-France did not publish his name.
- He said he was paid €2,500 for the run while earning €400–500 a month driving for his parents' firm; whether he had made similar trips before was not established.
- The truck was said to be heading from Spain toward Croatia when customs stopped it on the A39 corridor.
