Fréjus A8: four years for 119 kg of cannabis resin at Capitou toll
Customs at the Capitou toll on the A8 at Fréjus found 119.18 kg of cannabis resin in hidden compartments of a Citroën on 17 August 2026. The Draguignan court on 5 October sentenced the retired driver to four years in prison, five years banned from France and a 953,440 euro customs fine.
🇫🇷 Péage du Capitou, Fréjus, Var · France
- Cannabis
- 0.1 kg
- Prison
- 4 years
- Fine
- EUR 953,440
On the afternoon of 17 August 2026, customs officers at the Capitou toll on
motorway A8 at Fréjus in the Var stopped a French-registered Citroën C5 Aircross
whose driver they found suspicious.[1][2] A drug-detection dog led them to two traps
under the front seats with 51 heat-sealed bags totalling 81.54 kg of cannabis resin,
and a third cache behind the rear seats with 27 bags weighing 37.64 kg, for 119.18 kg
in all.[1][2]
The retired driver first said he did not know who owned the car, then that an unknown
man had dropped him in Montpellier to collect it and follow a Spanish mobile phone,
and finally admitted he knew he was carrying drugs but not what kind or how much.[1][2]
On Monday 5 October 2026 the Draguignan criminal court sentenced him to four years
in prison with no adjustment, ordered him held in custody, banned him from French
territory for five years and fined him 953,440 euros in customs penalties.[1][2]
Sources
- Var : 120 kg de cannabis saisis au péage de Fréjus, un homme condamné à 4 ans de prison. actu.fr, 7 October 2026. In French.
- Quatre ans ferme et 953 440 euros d'amende : le tribunal de Draguignan condamne le conducteur des 119 kg de cannabis de l'A8. ActuFDO, 6 October 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- Outlets describe the resin as kept cool with travel ice packs; none of the sources opened name the driver or give his exact age beyond calling him a retired lorry driver in his sixties.
- He said he was left the car in Montpellier with a Spanish phone for directions; organisers and destination are not identified.
- ActuFDO cites a customs photo of a similar cache, not necessarily this vehicle, so no media is listed.
