Cessange driver who failed a drug test had almost 1 kg of marijuana
Luxembourg police stopped a driver for erratic driving in Cessange on 3 April 2023; a rapid drug test was positive and he then handed over a bag holding almost a kilogram of marijuana, a large amount of cash and a precision scale. He was arrested on the prosecutor's orders and brought before an examining magistrate.
A police patrol in Cessange stopped a driver early on Monday afternoon because
of his irresponsible driving.[1]The driver took a rapid drug test, which came
back positive.[1]
During the search that followed, the driver handed over a bag containing almost
a kilogram of marijuana.[1]Officers also seized a large amount of cash and a
precision scale.[1]The man was arrested on the orders of the public
prosecutor’s office and presented to an examining magistrate.[1]
The German-language account attributes the details to the Grand-Ducal Police and
says the drugs and other items relevant to the crime were seized on the
prosecutor’s orders.[2]The police statement says the driver handed officers a
bag holding almost 1 kilogram of marijuana.[2]
In the early evening, police separately arrested a person at Place de la Gare in
Luxembourg City and seized 63 pellets of cocaine and heroin.[1]That second
suspect was arrested on the prosecutor’s orders and presented to an examining
magistrate on Tuesday morning.[1]
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The bulletin says "Monday afternoon" but gives no calendar date; 3 April 2023 is used as the Monday before publication on 4 April 2023.
The weight is described only as "almost a kilo" / "fast 1 Kilogramm"; 1 kg is recorded as the stated figure.
No amount was published for the cash seized.
No name, age or nationality of the man was released.
The reports give no charge under a named provision and no court outcome beyond presentation to an examining magistrate.
The Cessange stop was reported in the same police bulletin as an unrelated arrest at Place de la Gare involving 63 pellets of cocaine and heroin; that person's arrest is not counted in this report's figures and the drugs are not a cannabis quantity.
Both the RTL Today and lokalo.de accounts reproduce the same Grand-Ducal Police statement and are not independent reporting.
The two RTL pictures carry only a credit (Maurice Fick / RTL and Police grand-ducale) and no caption stating what they show; the lokalo.de image is a Police grand-ducale file picture.
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