French customs officers seized 2.4 tonnes of cannabis resin on 26 February 2008 near Hendaye, on France’s border with Spain.[1] The drug load was found on a truck registered in the Netherlands.[1] Customs estimated its resale value at 4.96 million euros, and released photographs of the seized packages at Hendaye three days later.[1]
French customs seize 2.4 tonnes of cannabis resin near Hendaye
French customs officers seized 2.4 tonnes of cannabis resin from a Dutch-registered truck near Hendaye on the Spanish border on 26 February 2008. Customs put the resale value of the load at 4.96 million euros.
🇫🇷 Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, near the Spanish border · France
- Cannabis
- 2.4 t
- Agency
- Douane
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Case stage
- Under investigation
Photos and video
- Original
- 594 × 403 px · JPEG · 46 KB
- SHA-256
- 80ced365dd6323f9…
- Retrieved
- 6 Nov 2026
- Shown
- the publisher's file, through an image proxy
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
- Cannabis
- 2.4 t
- Value (official estimate)
- EUR 4,960,000
- Agency
- French Customs (Douane)
- Agency type
- Customs
- Cannabis
- Hashish
- Setting
- Vehicle
- Case stage
- Under investigation
- Route
- Spain → France
Sources
- AFP via Getty Imagesgettyimages.fiPicture released by the French customs on February 29, 2008 in Hendaye shows packages of seized cannabis resin
Open questions the AI reported
- Only the customs handout as carried by the photo agency could be opened, so no second account of the seizure is cited.
- No arrests, charges or details of the truck's driver or route beyond its Dutch registration were reported.
