Prosecutors charge a Polish driver over 194.8 kg at Svinesund
Customs stopped a Polish lorry driver, 41, at Svinesund on the afternoon of 23 April 2026 and found 194.8 kg of cannabis hidden around the refrigeration unit. On 17 September prosecutors in Øst charged him with a gross drug offence. He admitted importing cannabis but said he had been told it was 80 to 100 kg.
Prosecutors in Øst have charged a 41-year-old Polish lorry driver with a gross drug offence after customs stopped him at Svinesund.[1]TV 2 reported the charge on 17 September 2026.[1]
The stop was on the afternoon of 23 April 2026, as he entered Norway.[1]The indictment says he tried to bring in 194.8 kg of cannabis, hidden in cavities around the lorry’s refrigeration unit.[1]Police lawyer Anders Svarholt told TV 2 the find was the work of Customs at the border.[1]
The driver has admitted importing cannabis.[1]Svarholt said the admission does not cover the whole amount: the driver said he had been told it was about 80 to 100 kg, not nearly 200 kg.[1]
One day has been set aside for the case at Halden courthouse.[1]TV 2 does not give that date.[1]
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Gloved hands point at plastic-wrapped blocks packed in a metal cavity, credited to the police.Photo details
The driver is not named. The pin is Halden town, because the Svinesund crossing sits on the border strait.
TV2 says one day was set aside for the case at Halden courthouse and does not give the hearing date.
A Halden Arbeiderblad headline of 13 October 2026 says he must serve nearly six years. The article body was not available, so the judgment is not reported here.
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A man has been charged with trying to grow 24 cannabis plants in a residential house in Vegårshei, and his case is listed for Agder tingrett, the district court for the Agder region. Both local newspapers are behind paywalls, so the account rests on their published headlines and standfirsts.
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