Between 700 and 800 kg of hashish seized from Polish trailer in Skien
Police arrested two men at a warehouse at Kjørbekk in Skien on 21 November 2020 and found between 700 and 800 kilograms of hashish in a Polish-registered tractor with a trailer, one of the largest single hashish seizures in Norway. A third man was arrested afterwards; police said the drugs were likely meant for much of the country.
Police arrested a Norwegian and a Lithuanian man at a warehouse at Kjørbekk in
Skien on Saturday 21 November 2020.[1]Between 700 and 800 kilograms of
hashish were found in a Polish-registered tractor with a trailer, which the
Southeast Police District called one of the largest single hashish seizures
in Norway.[1]Police put the probable turnover value at about 140 million
kroner and said the drugs were likely intended for much of the country.[1]
A third Norwegian man was arrested afterwards, and police said all the men
faced serious drug crime allegations, with more arrests possible.[1]One
police hypothesis was that the hashish had arrived with the Polish trailer.[1]
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A UP patrol stopped a man in his 30s at Storoeysundet on rv. 5 Florovegen in Kinn after measuring 96 km/h in an 80 zone. A roadside test showed cannabis, and he was taken for blood sampling on suspicion of drugged driving.
Police found 27 kilograms of cannabis in a car in Mosjøen and arrested a man in his 30s. He said he had brought a smaller amount but did not know about all the cannabis in the car.
In August 2025 Norwegian Customs found about 200 kg of marijuana in eight packages from the United States at Gardermoen's air-freight section, declared as kitchen utensils for an Oslo firm. After a controlled delivery, police arrested several people who were charged; the case was still under investigation when Customs published the haul in January 2026.
Customs officers in Bergen found 100 kilograms of hashish hidden in a car that arrived on the ferry from Denmark on 5 September 2017 and arrested a Dutch man and woman. Police called it the largest hashish seizure ever made in Bergen; the woman died in hospital five weeks later.
