Spanish man, 69, jailed 18 months over 60 kg of cannabis resin
The Mulhouse court sentenced a Spanish man in his sixties to 18 months in prison on 28 October 2026 for transporting almost 60 kg of cannabis resin from Spain to Alsace. Customs officers found the resin in a hidden compartment under the driver's seat of his Smart at a rest area on the A36 near Burnhaupt-le-Bas; he said he thought he was carrying only 5 kg.
A Spanish man in his sixties was convicted by the Mulhouse court on Wednesday 28
October 2026 over almost 60 kg of cannabis resin found in his car.[1]The
court sentenced him to 18 months in prison with continued detention.[1]It
also banned him from French territory for 10 years and ordered him to pay a
customs fine of €177,260.[1]
Customs officers had stopped the man, almost 70, on the evening of Sunday 25
October 2026 as he drove his Smart on the A36 at Burnhaupt-le-Bas.[2]At the
La Porte d’Alsace rest area they found the resin in a compartment under the
driver’s seat.[2]
He told the court he had been approached by traffickers while his car was being
repaired at a garage in Barcelona, and that he was to take the goods to Alsace
in exchange for the repair and €600.[1]He said he knew the load was illegal
but believed he was carrying no more than 5 kg.[2]He had already been
convicted of transporting drugs in 2019 and was said to have made several trips
between Spain and France.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
60 kg
Prison
18 months
Fine
EUR 177,260
Agency type
Customs, Court
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home, Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Sources
Ouest-Franceouest-france.frFRUn Espagnol condamné à Mulhouse pour avoir transporté 60 kg de résine de cannabis
L'Alsacelalsace.frFRBurnhaupt-le-Bas. Il transportait 60 kilos de cannabis dans sa Smart : un Espagnol de 69 ans condamné
Open questions the AI reported
The man's name was not published, and neither report says whether he appealed.
The exact weight was reported only as almost 60 kg.
It is not clear whether the 2019 drug-transport conviction reported by Ouest-France is the earlier Spanish conviction mentioned by L'Alsace.
L'Alsace's account was cut by its paywall after the first paragraphs; the 10-year territorial ban and the €177,260 customs fine come from Ouest-France alone.
A 28-year-old driver tested positive for cannabis after rear-ending a car and injuring its driver at Percy-en-Normandie on 2 January 2026. The Coutances court sentenced him on 10 November 2026 to six months suspended imprisonment and cancelled his driving licence.
The criminal court in Troyes sentenced 47-year-old Ramzi Nefzaoui to 14 months in firm prison for drug trafficking and issued an arrest warrant. The case began when gendarmes stopped his Renault Laguna at Barberey-Saint-Sulpice in December 2025 and found cannabis resin, herb, cash and a scale.
The Fontainebleau criminal court sentenced a driver to five years in prison, including two years firm, over a fatal 2021 crash at Souppes-sur-Loing in which his 20-year-old passenger died. The court heard he had drunk alcohol and smoked cannabis and was driving at 135 km/h in a 30 km/h zone.
Anti-crime police in Passamaïnty, Mayotte, broke up a drug deal on 4 November 2026 and seized 3.334 kg of cannabis and 8,495 euros in cash from a suspected stash flat; three people were arrested. Two young men were tried in Mamoudzou on 9 November and sentenced to 30 months with 12 suspended and a 15-month suspended term.