Moroccan driver jailed 28 months after customs chase and 20 kg cannabis crash
A 41-year-old Moroccan national living in Montpellier was caught on the A9 with close to 20 kg of cannabis after trying to shake off Catalan customs officers and crashing at the entrance to Narbonne on 7 November 2026. The Narbonne criminal court jailed him for 28 months and banned him from French territory for five years.
A 41-year-old father living in Montpellier was driving up the A9 with close to
20 kg of cannabis herb and resin on the morning of 7 November 2026.[1]He
tried to shake off Catalan customs officers before losing control of his car at
the entrance to Narbonne.[1]The Narbonne prosecutor said the man took every
risk and that it was a miracle no accident happened on the A9 because of him.[1]
The defendant, a 41-year-old Moroccan national living in Montpellier, was coming
up the A9 from Barcelona and carrying two bags of cannabis in a saloon car that
was not his.[1]
The Catalan customs officers arrested him at Narbonne.[1]The sentence
includes a five-year ban on French territory.[1]
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Photo captioned as the Catalan customs officers arresting the suspect at Narbonne. Photo: Clementz MichelPhoto details
L'Indépendantlindependant.frFRCourse-poursuite de 60 km à plus de 200 km/h sur l'A9 entre Pia et Narbonne, le trafiquant de drogue marocain zigzague au milieu des voitures : il part en prison 28 mois
Open questions the AI reported
Only one opened source covers this event; no customs statement or second outlet could be found and opened.
The opened capture gives close to 20 kg of cannabis herb and resin and a five-year ban; a full reading of the article body put 17 kg in the boot and valued it at 31,700 euros, but that passage is not in the capture and is not used as evidence.
The weight is given as herb and resin together with no split by product.
The article does not give the date of the court hearing; 9 November 2026 is its publication date and the sentence is dated to it.
The article does not name the driver or the organiser he was said to work for, and reports no arrest of that organiser.
The title describes a 60 km pursuit at speeds under 210 km/h, but the opened text does not state the speed or where the pursuit began.
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.