The car of the man condemned in Narbonne for having tried to flee the customs officers -
French customs
A 21-year-old man from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes), was sentenced Monday evening by the criminal court of Narbonne (Aude) to five years in prison: the young man had been arrested on January 5 by customs officers, so that he had tried to escape the control of his vehicle, filled with narcotics.
He also received a customs fine of 15,000 euros, and his vehicle and the drugs were seized.
That day, on the A9 motorway, while three motorcyclists had followed the driver to control him, he had turned at a very fast pace towards the A61, and had taken an exit, and hit the toll gate.
A vehicle declared stolen
For several kilometers, he took "roundabouts in the wrong direction, swerved, slipped", and rolled at 150 km / h in areas limited to 70 km / h, before abandoning his vehicle, indicate the services customs.
He had tried to escape on foot in the open countryside, before being caught.
The drugs were in the trunk of the car - French customs
In his vehicle, declared stolen in 2019 and traveling with false plates, customs officers discovered more than 320 kg of cannabis resin and 6 kg of cannabis herb, as well as a set of Spanish license plates.
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