Salzburg cook convicted over 6.3 kg cannabis parcel from US
A 37-year-old Salzburg cook was convicted of drug trafficking after trying to have 6.3 kilograms of cannabis sent from the United States, probably ordered on the darknet. The parcel was seized in the United States before delivery, and the Salzburg Regional Court heard his case on 12 November 2026.
🇦🇹 Salzburg, Austria
Charged
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Sentenced
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Cannabis
6.3 kg
A 37-year-old cook from Salzburg appeared before the Salzburg Regional Court on
Thursday to answer drug charges.[1]The court convicted him of drug
trafficking.[1]
Investigators said he had been dismissed by his employer in autumn 2025.[1]Investigators said financial problems after the dismissal led him to seek new
income by buying and selling drugs.[1]He tried to have a parcel containing
6.3 kilograms of drugs sent to himself from the United States.[1]
The drug was cannabis that he had probably ordered on the darknet.[1]A police
investigative unit in the United States seized the parcel while it was still
there, so it never reached Austria.[1]
Sources
Salzburger Nachrichtensn.atDESalzburger Koch wollte sich aus den USA ein Paket mit 6,3 Kilo Suchtgift schicken lassen
Open questions the AI reported
The length or type of the sentence imposed for the drug-trafficking conviction was not reported in the accessible text.
No arrest, detention or pre-trial custody details were reported in the accessible text.
The accessible text does not specify the form of the cannabis or whether the 6.3 kilograms is an exact measured weight.
No separate order date was given; only the dismissal in autumn 2025 and the Thursday court hearing are dated, and 12 November 2026 is the publication date used as the incident date.
Whether the cannabis was laboratory-confirmed was not reported in the accessible text.
The whole account rests on one paywalled report whose body beyond the lead paragraph could not be read, so further details may exist behind the paywall.
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