Geel man gets 20-month suspended sentence for cannabis dealing
The court in Turnhout sentenced 34-year-old K.S. from Geel to 20 months in prison, suspended, for dealing cannabis. Kempenland police had stopped him in Peer in November 2025 and later found more cannabis, cash and dealing messages at his home.
🇧🇪 Turnhout · Belgium
Charged
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Prison
20 months, suspended
The court in Turnhout sentenced 34-year-old K.S. from Geel to 20 months in
prison for dealing cannabis.[1] He received 20 months in prison, but suspended
on condition that he comply with a series of imposed conditions.[1] The man
had asked for a community-service order, but the court rejected that request.[1] He stated that he had ordered cannabis several times for his own use and
had then acted as a courier a few times because of financial need.[1]
Kempenland police inspectors checked K.S. in Peer on 15 November of last year.[1] He was in the car together with his girlfriend and two minor children.[1]
In his wallet police found just under 1,200 euros in cash, an unpackaged user
quantity of cannabis in the centre console and a small quantity of cannabis in
an empty cigarette pack.[1] A saliva test was positive for cannabis use.[1]
Police also seized his car because he was driving despite a driving ban.[1]
When the car was towed, police found an Action shopping bag containing several
bags of cannabis of 12 to 25 grams.[1]
Later, another batch of cannabis and a large sum of cash were found in his home.[1] Messages found on his mobile phone also pointed to drug dealing.[1]
The article gives no separate sentencing date, so 3 November 2026 is its publication date used as the incident date.
The check is dated 15 November of last year, understood as 15 November 2025, but the year is inferred from the publication date.
No total cannabis weight was published, only a user quantity, a small quantity, bags of 12 to 25 grams of unspecified number and an unspecified home batch, so no kilogram figure is recorded.
The reported cash of just under 1,200 euros is seized cash, not a cannabis valuation, so no value figure is recorded.
The conditions attached to the suspended sentence were not specified.
Only one source could be opened; related pre-trial coverage could not be opened for corroboration.
The only page photo shows the Turnhout courthouse building rather than the event itself, so no media entry is listed.
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