East of Montpellier, 145 kg of cannabis herb found in a greengrocer’s truck

Le contrôle des douanes s'est déroulée sur l'A9 sur la commune de Villetelle Midi Libre – ANDRES FABRICE

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A Polish truck was checked during a customs inspection carried out at the Ambrussum rest area on the A9 motorway. Inside, they found 145 kg of cannabis hidden behind fruit and vegetables. The driver and his passenger were imprisoned.

Two men of Polish and Romanian nationality were placed in pre-trial detention on Monday by the Montpellier judicial court. They were stopped at the Ambrussum motorway service station on Friday 17 January while they were in a lorry registered in Poland.

No knowledge of the cargo

Inside, hidden among fruits and vegetables, customs services got their hands on 145 kg of cannabis herb. In one of the cabin’s storage compartments, they also recovered €10,500. In court, the two men, who have clean criminal records, denied having any knowledge of the nature of their cargo.

The driver, a 46-year-old Pole, is a regular on European roads, employed by a transport company, and his passenger is a 27-year-old Romanian, also employed by the same company. Given the lack of guarantees of representation, they were placed in provisional detention in accordance with the prosecution's requests.

At the request of their lawyers, however, additional information was requested, in particular to find a road freight agreement, stating a contract between the sender and the recipient of the cargo. The court also ordered the return of perishable goods.

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