Spanish Trucker Sentenced to 4 Years for Smuggling 90 Kilos of Cannabis into Germany

In addition to the prison sentence, he was also fined 899,700 euros by customs. His truck was seized, reports Midi Libre. At the bar, he explained the reasons that led him to get involved in this illegal work. "I had debts. I have a wife and child living in Morocco... If I could, I would go back. It wasn’t clear in my head. I was in a state of bankruptcy. The State was demanding a lot of money from me. And I ended up doing this madness," said the defendant.

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Alerted by the customs dogs, the customs officials had arrested this 62-year-old Spaniard residing in Murcia around 1:30 pm on May 18 on the rest area of the A9 in Marguerittes. He had hidden 80 heat-sealed bags (about 90 kilos of cannabis) in a storage compartment. The truck driver is known to the Spanish justice system. He was the subject of a drug trafficking investigation in Spain and had been placed under judicial supervision.