Shortly after 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, 8 November 2026, officers of the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security stopped a car with Swiss registration plates in the area of the Rheinfelden motorway border crossing in Aargau.[1][2] The car was driven by a 22-year-old Moroccan national.[1][3][4][2] He could not produce a driving licence during the check, and further inquiries showed that he was prohibited from driving motor vehicles.[1][4][2]

During the subsequent search of the vehicle, officers found ten vacuum-sealed packages containing cannabis in the boot.[1][3][4][2] The drugs had been hidden in shopping bags.[3] The seized cannabis weighed about eleven kilograms in total.[1][3][4][2] The agency put the street-sale value of the drugs at about 110,000 francs.[5][2] The customs agency handed the case to the Aargau cantonal police for further handling.[6][3][4][2]

The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is the Swiss agency responsible for border security and for checking goods, people and means of transport on the basis of the situation and risk.[1] Alongside customs collection, the agency combats cross-border crime and irregular migration and performs tasks in around 100 non-customs areas such as medicines, species protection and brand protection.[1]