Jura customs officers arrested two Moroccan nationals resident in Spain on 9 March 2026 at Tavaux, in the Jura department of eastern France.[1] The officers found 28 kilos of cannabis resin in a compartment hidden inside their car.[1] The two men had left Catalonia in Spain and were driving to Germany.[1]

They were tried on 3 November 2026 before the tribunal judiciaire of Lons-le-Saunier, the court for the Jura.[1] One of the two men was absent, hospitalised in Barcelona, while the other appeared with an interpreter.[1] The prosecution asked for 18 months in prison for each man and the court followed those requests.[1] Both men were sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended, and banned from French territory for ten years.[1]

The defence failed to persuade the judges, who were met with the laconic answers of the defendant present.[1] Officers found photos and videos on his phone, filmed two days before the trip and showing him with large quantities of cannabis.[1] He maintained that he knew nothing and was travelling to Germany for work, blaming the other defendant, his “ami”, for organising everything.[1]