Catalonia’s police said a routine road check on the road between Corçà and Girona had found nearly 18 kilograms of cannabis resin in a car.[1] The police put the resin’s estimated street value at 25,500 euros and reported the arrest of the driver, whose nationality was not released.[1] The driver, 32, was held in pretrial detention and then appeared in court accused of drug trafficking and an offence against public health.[1]
Driver held near Corçà, Girona, with nearly 18 kg of cannabis resin
Catalonia's police said a routine road check on the road between Corçà and Girona found nearly 18 kilograms of cannabis resin in a car, valued at 25,500 euros. The 32-year-old driver was arrested, held in pretrial detention and appeared in court on drug-trafficking and public-health charges.
🇪🇸 Corçà, Girona, Catalonia · Spain
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 18 kg
- Cannabis
- Hashish
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Arrested
- 1
- Charged
- 1
- Cannabis
- 18 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 25,500
- Agency type
- Police
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Activity
- Trafficking
- Setting
- Vehicle
Sources
- Atlasinfoatlasinfo.frFREspagne: Saisie de près de 18 kg de résine de cannabis à Barcelone
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives no separate date for the road check; 8 March 2011 is the accounts' date and is used as the incident date.
- The headline says Barcelona, but the text places the seizure in the Girona region on the road between Corçà and Girona; the report follows the text.
- The 18 kg figure is approximate ("près de 18"), not an exact laboratory weight.
- The value of 25,500 euros is the police estimate of the resin's market worth.
- The driver's nationality and full identity were not published.
- The article does not name the court, the charges formally filed or the outcome of the appearance.
- Only one source, a brief French-language agency-style item, was opened; no Spanish or Catalan report of the same stop could be found.
