Kosovar man, 36, caught with just over 5 g of cannabis on a train to Salzburg
Border police from Piding found a little more than five grams of marijuana in the luggage of a 36-year-old Kosovar man during a check on a train from Munich to Salzburg on Sunday. The drug was seized and an investigation was opened on suspicion of the attempted export of cannabis.
Investigators of the Piding border police were running checks on a passenger
train on Sunday.[1]A 36-year-old Kosovar man on the train from Munich to
Salzburg smelled suspiciously of cannabis, and the smell proved not to be a
coincidence.[1]The man told officers he was travelling to Austria for a
family visit.[1]
A search of his travel luggage turned up a tin holding a little more than five
grams of marijuana.[1]The officers seized the marijuana.[1]
An investigation was opened against the 36-year-old on suspicion of the
attempted export of cannabis.[1]
The case was at the investigation stage, with no arrest, charge under a specific
statute, court date or value estimate reported.[1]
Case data
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Border police on the A 3 motorway near Passau found a small amount of marijuana on a 23-year-old Romanian passenger during a check of a car travelling from the Netherlands to Romania. Officers seized the cannabis and opened an investigation against the woman because taking cannabis into and out of Germany remains punishable, then let both travellers continue.
Police, customs, public-order and foreigners-authority officers checking takeaways, restaurants and bars in Gütersloh on 7 November 2026 seized all the CBD products found for sale and stored in a city-centre kiosk. No quantity was given, and the other findings in the checks concerned vermin, undeclared staff and licensing breaches.
