Overview

• On June 23, the Besançon customs brigade stopped a Polish-registered refrigerated truck at the A36 motorway’s Dole-Audelange rest area and moved it to a Doubs facility for detailed inspection.
• Officers uncovered 23 pallets hollowed out and packed with colored bales of cannabis pollen hidden among jars of olives.
• The total 1.862 tonnes of pollen, wrapped in five- to eight-kilogram bundles, was destroyed by incineration on June 27.
• The Ukrainian driver was placed in customs detention and faces questioning as investigators trace the cross-border smuggling network.
• The record seizure highlights the growing sophistication of concealment tactics and the importance of intelligence-driven controls in European narcotics enforcement.