18 months for driver who fled leaving 107 kg cannabis resin
A court in Montpellier sentenced a 29-year-old man from Béziers to 18 months in prison on 5 June 2026 for transporting 107 kg of cannabis resin left in a car abandoned at Marsillargues. He had fled a customs check at Gallargues on the A9 in September 2025 and was arrested at Perpignan airport on 1 June 2026.
🇫🇷 Marsillargues, Hérault · France
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Arrested
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
107 kg
Prison
18 months
Agencies
Service interdépartemental de la police judiciaire (SIPJ) de l'Hérault, Office des stupéfiants des Pyrénées-Orientales
On 29 September 2025 at about 7pm, customs officers were checking vehicles at
the Gallargues motorway area on the A9 in the Gard.[1]The driver refused to
comply and fled, and officers lost the car after a chase of about ten minutes.[1]An hour later the abandoned car was found at Marsillargues in the Hérault,
carrying 107 kg of cannabis resin.[2]
The inquiry went to the Hérault interdepartmental judicial police drugs unit,
working with forensics, and vehicle and telephone analysis identified the
suspected driver.[2]A 29-year-old man from Béziers was arrested at Perpignan
airport on 1 June 2026 by the Pyrénées-Orientales anti-narcotics office.[1]In
custody he admitted taking part in transporting the drugs and said he had been
paid for the trip.[3]
He was brought before the Montpellier prosecutor on 3 June and held in pre-trial
detention.[1]The Montpellier court tried him on 5 June 2026 and sentenced him
to 18 months in prison, keeping him in detention under a committal warrant.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Sentenced
1
Cannabis
107 kg
Prison
18 months
Agencies
Service interdépartemental de la police judiciaire (SIPJ) de l'Hérault; Office des stupéfiants des Pyrénées-Orientales
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actu.fractu.frFR107 kilos de cannabis saisis à Marsillargues après une course-poursuite depuis le Gard
Open questions the AI reported
The report is dated 5 June 2026, the sentencing date; the seizure itself happened on 29 September 2025.
Hérault Tribune gave his age as 28, while Midi Libre, France 3, InfOccitanie and actu.fr gave 29.
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