Customs officers at the Le Boulou toll on the A9 seized 30 kilograms of cannabis from a Spanish-registered car in the night of 8 November 2026.[1] The car was travelling from Spain towards France when customs officers of the Perthus brigade stopped it.[1] The driver said he had come from Barcelona and was going to Figueres, an itinerary that did not match the direction of the road at the check point.[1] A drugs dog marked the rear of the vehicle, and officers found cartons containing packets of cannabis herb in the boot.[1] The seized goods weighed 30 kilograms in total.[1]

The Perpignan customs directorate estimated the load’s resale value on the illicit drugs market at 300,000 euros.[1] The driver was held in customs detention and then handed over to the Pollestres gendarmerie on the prosecutor’s instructions.[1]

On 10 November 2026 the Perpignan judicial court tried him in a plea-bargaining hearing, a comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de culpabilité (CRPC).[1] The court sentenced him to one year of detention, a five-year ban from French territory and a 52,000 euro customs fine.[1] ICI reports the same sentence, given on Tuesday 10 November, of one year in prison for transporting 30 kilograms of cannabis in the car.[2]