56.8 kg of cannabis seized from Spanish truck at Dudelange-Zoufftgen
Luxembourg and French customs stopped a Spanish-registered refrigerated truck at the Dudelange-Zoufftgen border crossing on 16 May 2018 and seized 56.8 kg of cannabis herb hidden behind declared vegetables. Customs detected the sports bags with Luxembourg's mobile X-ray scanner and valued the haul at 500,000 euros on the black market.
Luxembourg and French customs officers carried out a joint cross-border control
that resulted in a very large drug seizure on Wednesday at the border.[1]Officers stationed at Dudelange-Zoufftgen at about 11 a.m. intercepted drugs
hidden aboard a Spanish-registered refrigerated truck.[1]Officers found the
hidden drugs thanks to Luxembourg’s mobile X-ray scanner.[1]The refrigerated
truck involved in the check was registered in Spain.[1]The interception
happened at Dudelange-Zoufftgen, where the two customs services were posted at
about 11 a.m.[1]
The Romanian driver told officers that he was transporting vegetables from Spain
for delivery to Denmark.[1]Behind the declared merchandise, officers
discovered large sports bags that had been detected by the scanner and that the
driver had not disclosed.[1]Those sports bags contained a large quantity of
cannabis herb.[1]The sports bags were concealed behind the declared
vegetables rather than placed in the open.[1]
The cannabis herb in the bags weighed 56.8 kg.[1]Customs put the black-market
value of the cannabis at 500,000 euros.[1]
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