Nearly 2.6 tonnes of marijuana, 215 kg hashish seized at Findel in 2025
Luxembourg customs seized nearly 2.6 tonnes of marijuana and 215.192 kg of hashish at Findel Airport during 2025 passenger checks, record totals reported in the Finance Ministry's annual customs activity report. The same controls also intercepted cocaine, ketamine, methamphetamine and heroin, plus drug cash, weapons and non-compliant pharmaceutical and cosmetic products.
Luxembourg customs’ 2025 seizure figures come from passenger checks in terminals
A and B and the general-aviation terminal at Findel Airport.[1]Customs
authorities said narcotics topped the seized goods, with record 2025 seizures of
cannabis, as hashish and marijuana, and cocaine.[1]
The Finance Ministry’s annual activity report for the customs administration put
the 2025 haul at nearly 2.6 tonnes of marijuana and 215.192 kg of hashish.[1]The same report listed about 873.804 kg of cocaine, 525.9 kg of ketamine and
275.5 kg of methamphetamine.[1]The seizures also included 16.566 kg of
heroin, 43 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms and 93.4 grams of new psychoactive
substances, with 2.8 grams and 11 tablets of MDMA intercepted.[1]Officers
also seized 895 cannabis seeds, seven joints and two electronic cigarettes
containing THC, the psychoactive substance from cannabis.[1]
Authorities identified two new trafficking routes from Latin America and
confirmed the North American route already detected at other major European
freight airports.[1]Beyond drugs, officers seized 28 mobile phones and two
vehicles, with 13 items for selling narcotics including scales and tracking
devices and 11 grinders for drug use, plus a taser and four bladed weapons.[1]Officers seized 4,318.77 euros from drug trafficking and, in money-movement
checks, confiscated279,870 euros, 3,385 Turkish lira and 345 US dollars.[1]Customs carried out 152 documentary and physical checks on cosmetic and
pharmaceutical products, of which 112 revealed non-compliance.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
2.815192 t
Agency type
Customs
Cannabis
Hashish (2.815192 t); Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Airport
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Virgulevirgule.luFRDenrées alimentaires, stupéfiants ou encore cosmétiques: le bilan des saisies au Findel en 2025
Open questions the AI reported
The figures cover seizures throughout calendar year 2025; 10 August 2026 is the article's publication date used as the incident date.
The marijuana total was reported as approximate (près de 2,6 tonnes), so the combined 2815.192 kg cannabis total is approximate.
Cocaine, ketamine, methamphetamine, heroin and other non-cannabis drug amounts are mentioned only to explain the mixed seizures and are excluded from cannabis figures.
No arrests, charges or court outcomes were reported.
Only one accessible source for this annual total could be opened; the linked Contacto original returned a 403 error and web search returned no second account.
Seized cash amounts are cash confiscations, not a drug valuation, so no value figure is recorded.
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