The court of Amiens (Somme) sentenced a 35-year-old man to three years in prison on Monday, one of which was suspended.
The defendant will also have to pay a fine of 11,000 euros.
He appeared after his arrest in possession of more than 4 kg of cannabis herb in his car on the night of July 4 to 5, 2022, indicates
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Customs officers wanting to check the vehicle at the Dury toll (Somme) finally had to pursue the suspect for 11 km.
The man from the Netherlands had driven with the four tires punctured by the harrow that the police had deployed.
In the chase, the driver ran through red lights and stop signs and then hit a customs car.
Leaving the road
He had nevertheless continued his escape before leaving the road and being intercepted in Allonville (Somme).
His car's license plates turned out to be fake.
The respondent already had 16 entries on his criminal record.
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