Customs officers at Luxembourg Airport’s Findel Cargo Center intercepted a shipment of marijuana.[1][2][3] The Luxembourg prosecutor disclosed the seizure on Wednesday 27 May, saying the Cargo Center had been the scene of a new drug seizure.[1] Officers had flagged a suspicious cargo arriving from Singapore and bound for onward transport to Milan.[1][2][3][4]
Officers carried out an in-depth check of the transported vehicles and inspected several rear benches.[1][2] The inspected rear benches weighed 235 kg in total.[1][2][4] Technical analyses and the opening of the checked parts revealed narcotics carefully hidden inside the benches.[1][2][3][4] The total seizure amounted to 58 kg of marijuana.[1][2][3][4]
The prosecutor said the criminal networks involved use increasingly sophisticated concealment to evade checks and feed particularly lucrative criminal circuits, now hiding narcotics in everyday objects and apparently harmless goods using increasingly elaborate processes.[1] The prosecution said each seizure harms the criminal structures behind the trafficking.[1] It said drug trafficking feeds parallel networks of illicit profit, money laundering and other organised crime that can seriously harm public safety and the economic order, and that investigations are continuing after the Findel seizure.[1]
Customs officers identified the suspicious shipment through risk analysis and inspection duties.[2] The Public Prosecutor’s Office is continuing investigations to identify the individuals and criminal networks involved.[2][3]
