Schifflange dispute call leads to cannabis seizure and 1 plant
Police answering a night-time dispute call in Schifflange found cannabis containers in an apartment and seized drugs and phones on the prosecutor's orders. A follow-up search of a second suspect's home and vehicle recovered one cannabis plant, a grow tent and more cannabis containers.
On the night of 20 to 21 July 2026, officers of Luxembourg’s Grand-Ducal Police
were called to an apartment building in Schifflange, in the south of the
country, to deal with a reported dispute.[1]Officers entered one apartment to
restore calm and were immediately struck by a strong smell of cannabis hanging
in the air.[1]Continuing their observations, they discovered several
containers holding the substance.[1]Informed of the facts, the Parquet,
Luxembourg’s public prosecutor’s office, ordered the seizure of the drugs and
several mobile telephones found at the scene.[1]
Initial inquiries then led investigators to a second person suspected of
involvement in drug trafficking.[2]In a further search of that suspect’s home
and vehicle, also ordered by the prosecutor, police found one cannabis plant, a
grow tent used to produce cannabis and several containers filled with cannabis.[2]Officers also seized a mobile telephone belonging to the suspect.[2]
Police drew up an official report on the seizures and the investigation
continued under the authority of the prosecutor.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
1
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Living plants (1 plants)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Vehicle, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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