a chase over 12 km with customs and crazy risks

And we talk again about the lucrative tobacco trade, much less taxed in Luxembourg, which stirs up French appetites. This time, it is a resident of Aisne, who has come to stock up on the other side of the border. More than 30 kilograms packaged in cartridges and jars were confiscated by customs officers, after a chase over more than ten kilometers. The offender was launched at more than 150 km / h, between the Beauregard exit of Thionville and that of Mondelange, in the middle of the afternoon, while traffic is dense. Estimated value of the goods: €3,500 in the Grand Duchy, €14,000 in France. Easy then to imagine the content of the potential benefit of the backpacker.

Absent during the hearing because “he works”, – the case was adjourned to April 26 -, the driver who granted himself many liberties on the road – dangerous overtaking, intrusions on the stop band emergency, a big fright of a mother and her infant who almost left in the decor -, ended its race this day of October 2021 against a security barrier, in a roundabout at the entrance to Mondelange.

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6 months in prison

In view of this fraud under French law, the 26-year-old defendant is sentenced to 6 months in prison, backed by a customs fine of €14,500 on the products which were confiscated from him and will be destroyed. Refusal to comply will cost him €500, to which is added a fine of €135.

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