an Alsatian intercepted with a shipment of tobacco from Luxembourg
A resident of Obernai will long remember his forced stop, the last night, in the middle of Azoudange, in the Pays de Sarrebourg. The man was traveling by car on the departmental 955 on his way back from Luxembourg, Saturday around 5 a.m., when he was checked by the gendarmes of the surveillance and intervention platoon of the company of Sarrebourg – Château-Salins. On board the vehicle, the soldiers discovered an impressive cargo consisting of 20 kg of tobacco bought at a good price at a service station in the Grand Duchy, in ten-pack cartridges but also in jars, as well as countless boxes of tubes. a cigarette.
The customs service was alerted and the man had to pay a fine of €1,500 to be able to return home. Its stock has been confiscated and will be destined for destruction.