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Customs Seize 22 Kilograms of Hashish on A2 Near Peine After Driver’s Snowy Escape Attempt Fails

The driver remains in pretrial detention pending a probe led by Hannover customs investigators for the Hildesheim prosecutor.

Overview

  • Officers stopped a Belgian-registered car on January 5 on the A2 toward Berlin and detained the 48-year-old driver.
  • Ten vacuum-sealed packages hidden under floor mats and inside the trunk lining totaled more than 22 kilograms of hashish.
  • The haul carries an estimated street value of about €220,000, according to officials.
  • After the drugs were found, the suspect tried to flee on foot but was quickly caught in the snow and arrested at the scene.
  • In a separate case now disclosed by Münster customs, a late-December stop found 9 grams of cocaine and 15.4 grams of heroin concealed on a traveler, plus a confirmed cutting agent, leading to criminal proceedings.