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An impressive new drug seizure on the A9 motorway. This Sunday, December 15, border police officers (PAF) were refused access to the small barrier of Boulou toll, in the Pyrénées-Orientales. The motorist fled at full speed, before being intercepted in Perpignan.

His suspicious behavior alerts the police

The facts date back to this Sunday afternoon, around 5 p.m., indicates News Perpignan a police source, confirming the information from Littoral FM. While the border police carried out a usual check At the small Boulou toll gate, the police were alerted by the behavior of a motorist.

From Spain, the latter, who was traveling in his SUV, suddenly changed direction at the sight of the road check, before turning around and entering the A9 motorway again. At full speedthe suspect first ignored the police roadblock, then took all the risks on the A9 to try to lose them.

He tries to escape on the highway

Despite the motorway traffic, the driver alone on board continued to progress towards the north. Immediately, the PAF police officers notified their colleagues from the Perpignan national police. A saving coordination, since it was outside the A9, in the area of ​​the Mailloles district of Perpignan, that the individual was finally intercepted by the Intervention Section.

And the police were not disappointed. The motorist transported several hundred kilos of cannabis resinin the back of his car (the exact weighing has not yet been carried out, editor’s note). Unknown to the police, he was taken into police custody. The investigation was entrusted to the Perpignan Judicial Police.

Drug seizures are increasing on the A9

This new drug seizure further swells the already colossal number of drugs intercepted on the A9 motorway this year, and in this case in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the first territory after the Spanish border.

In recent weeks, Perthus customs officers have made several discoveries in heavy goods vehicles. At the same time, the border police are increasingly refusing to comply, with unconscious behavior that endangers other motorists.

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