Two arrested after fleeing customs check; 300 g of marijuana seized
A car drove off from a customs check near the Centre douanier in Luxembourg City on Tuesday 15 February 2022 and was stopped on the route d'Esch after a chase. Police arrested the two occupants and seized about 300 grams of marijuana, then found more drugs and two weapons in two house searches.
🇱🇺 Route d'Esch, Luxembourg City · Luxembourg
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Arrested
2
Cannabis
300 g
Agencies
Administration des douanes et accises, Police grand-ducale +1
Luxembourg customs officers were checking vehicles at the “Centre douanier” in
Luxembourg City at around 11am on Tuesday 15 February 2022 when a car drove off
from the check.[1]RTL Today reported that customs officers had been checking
vehicles on the route d’Esch that morning.[2]Police officers who had been
alerted arrested the two people in the car on the orders of the public
prosecutor’s office.[1]
About 300 grams of marijuana were found and seized by police.[1]Two house
searches turned up further drugs as well as two weapons.[1]
The two suspects were to be brought before an investigating judge during the
morning.[1]RTL Today reported that the two suspects would be presented to a
judge on Wednesday morning.[2]
L’essentiel reported that customs agents began the pursuit of the car and that
the police then took over.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
300 g
Agencies
Administration des douanes et accises; Police grand-ducale; Parquet de Luxembourg
RTL Todaytoday.rtl.luLuxembourg City: Driver flees from customs, 300 grams of marijuana found
L'essentiellessentiel.luFRA Luxembourg-Ville – Arrêtés avec de la drogue après une course poursuite
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The Police statement gives the pursuit date as "yesterday morning" and was published on 16 February 2022, so the previous day, Tuesday 15 February, is used as the incident date; RTL and L'essentiel likewise place the chase on Tuesday.
RTL Today places the customs vehicle checks on the route d'Esch itself, while the police statement places the check near the Centre douanier with the pursuit ending on the route d'Esch; the police account is followed for the sequence.
The nature and the amounts of the "further drugs" found in the two house searches were not given, so only the 300 grams of marijuana is recorded as a cannabis figure.
The two suspects were not named, and no age or nationality was published.
No charge or court outcome after the appearance before the investigating judge was reported.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Portail de la Police Grand-Ducale: The customs agents chased the car and stopped it on the route d'Esch.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in L'essentiel: According to the police report sent to L'essentiel, the two occupants were in possession of about 300 grams of marijuana.
Left out setting, as its quotation was not found in Portail de la Police Grand-Ducale.
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