Luxembourg customs find 159.8 kg of hashish in Dutch-registered car
Luxembourg customs found 159.8 kg of cannabis resin in the boot and hidden compartments of a car registered in the Netherlands, valued at 1.3 million euros. The elderly driver said he was carrying the load from the Netherlands to France; he was arrested and brought before an investigating judge.
Luxembourg customs officers stopped and searched a car registered in the
Netherlands and found hashish packages on its back seat.[1]The packages were
wrapped in jute sacks of the kind known as “valises marocaines”, or Moroccan
suitcases.[1]Officers then searched the boot and other hiding places built
into the car and found 159.8 kg of cannabis bars in total.[1]The customs
administration put the market value of the haul at 1.3 million euros.[2]The
driver, an elderly man, told officers he had been tasked with taking the goods
from the Netherlands to France.[1]
On the prosecutor’s orders the man was arrested and brought before an
investigating judge.[1]The drug, telephones and the car were confiscated.[1]The driver was placed in detention on the prosecutor’s orders before
appearing before the investigating judge.[3]
Luxembourg customs said its anti-drugs and sensitive-products inspection
officers had stopped the driver carrying about 159 kg of hashish in a car.[2]The seizure had taken place the previous week, the government announced on the
Monday.[3]L’essentiel reported that the goods could have been resold in
Luxembourg for 1.3 million euros, according to the authorities.[3]
Photos and video
The seized cannabis resin and jute-wrapped packages photographed by Luxembourg customs and excise. Photo: Administration des douanes et accises de LuxembourgPhoto details
Neither source published the date or precise place of the stop; the government announced the seizure on Monday 12 March 2018 and said it had happened the previous week, so 12 March is the announcement date used here.
The driver's name, exact age and nationality were not published, only that he was an elderly man.
No charge, indictment or court outcome was reported, and the investigating judge's decision is not known.
The weight is given as 159.8 kg of resin by Le Quotidien and as about 159 kg by the customs administration.
The 1.3 million euro value is the customs administration's own estimate.
Only French-language accounts were found; the customs communiqué's German PDF could not be opened in this research.
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