Police find 11.75 kg of cannabis in a car on the A11
On 20 August 2026 motorway police near Villach stopped a Slovenian car on the Karawanken Autobahn just after it entered Austria and found 11.75 kg of cannabis in the boot. Two 30-year-old Slovenian men were taken to Klagenfurt prison.
On 20 August 2026, shortly before 11:00, officers of the Villach motorway police stopped a car with Slovenian plates on the Karawanken Autobahn, the A11, just after it had entered Austria.[1]In the boot they found 11.75 kg of cannabis herb, packed as 20 parcels in a cardboard box.[1]The driver and his passenger, both 30-year-old Slovenian citizens, had not hidden the drugs.[1]
Police arrested both men and took them to Klagenfurt prison.[1]The Carinthia state criminal office was investigating.[1]ORF put the street value of the seized cannabis at about 120,000 euros.[1]
The Carinthia police told the Krone that the drugs were found in the boot, in 20 parcels in a cardboard box, and that the two 30-year-olds were arrested and taken to Klagenfurt prison.[2]The Krone wrote that the men had meant to bring 11.75 kg of cannabis into Carinthia.[2]The same article said investigators were still asking where the herb came from and where the two men had been taking it.[2]
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Two rows of clear bags of plant material with Carinthia police evidence labels (Krone).Photo details
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