Illustration of a customs vehicle, here near Rennes. - C. Allain / 20 Minutes

The good catch dates back to January 16. That day, at the Gye tollbooth in Meurthe-et-Moselle, customs officials discovered 26 kg of cocaine hidden under a load of bananas. The driver of the truck, which linked Barcelona to Luxembourg, was tried on Monday before the Nancy Criminal Court, reports L'Est Républicain.

"I thought it was grass, otherwise I would never have accepted," said the defendant in court, in comments reported by the regional daily. This Turkish-born Dutchman also assured that it was "the first and only" trip he had made with narcotic products, justifying it by "a debt of 148,000 euros".

The court sentenced him to four years in prison, including two years suspended sentence. He must also pay the customs fine of… 909,000 euros, the estimated cost of the goods.

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  • Lorraine
  • Customs
  • Cocaine
  • Nancy
  • Drug traffic