Resident in the Jura, a young man of 22 years was sentenced this Wednesday by the criminal court of Annecy (Haute-Savoie).
He was sentenced to three years in prison with continued detention, reports France Bleu Pays de Savoie.
On October 26, the defendant was arrested at the Saint-Martin-Bellevue tollgate.
Customs officers then found 45 kg of cannabis resin in his vehicle, registered in Switzerland.
A “very rare” seizure in Annecy
This is a “very rare” seizure in Annecy according to the magistrates.
It took the intervention of the dog of the dog team of the customs officers of Haute-Savoie to detect the drug.
The cannabis resin bars were wrapped in blue plastic, oiled to prevent DNA fingerprinting.
Questioned by investigators, the young man first presented himself as a fake Swiss footballer returning from vacation and then claimed to be back from Morocco.
He eventually admitted that he had served as a "driver" in order to support his parents and five siblings.
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