Customs Osnabrück confiscated 1 kg of dangerous intoxicants 2-cmc

Customs Osnabrück confiscated 1 kg of dangerous intoxicants 2-cmc

What a stir in Osnabrück! On June 5, 2023, Zöllner was able to secure a kilogram of the forbidden noise 2-CMC as part of a traffic control on the Autobahn 30. The driver of a Lithuanian vehicle that came from the Netherlands had previously assured rock festival that he had no illegal substances on board. However, when the car searched for the car, the officials found a bag of 1,000 grams of the crystalline substance in the trunk cladding, which was later identified as 2-cmc in the laboratory. This substance has fallen under the new psychoactive substance law since 2016 and is strictly prohibited. The customs officers then initiated criminal proceedings against the driver. Further surveys are currently being carried out by the Zoll investigator Essen, Nordhorn office, and could still bring some surprises to light. Tixio reports about this incident.

But that was not the only incident in recent times. Just eight months later, on January 5, 2024, the customs again secured over 10 kg of the same drug. This control also took place on Autobahn 30, where a vehicle approved in Romania was stopped in a parking space in the Gildehaus industrial estate. The inmates, the information to be from Belgium on the way back to Romania, gave the tax collectors for doubt. After a precise control, the officers behind the passenger seat discovered a blue bag, in which there were four clamping bags with a white crystalline substance. Here, too, the substance was identified as a psychoactive intoxicant and further criminal proceedings have been initiated. This time, as with the previous incident, the Essen customs investigation office took care of the further investigation. Zoll.de informs about the second case.

Behind these stories is a much bigger problem: the market for new psychoactive substances (NPS) in Europe. According to an EU report, this market has experienced considerable growth in recent years, with new discoveries annually. In 2021, the EU member states ensured impressive 8.5 tons of NPS, and the manufacturers of drugs are constantly trying to develop new substances in order to escape legal controls. At that time in 2022, for example, 24 new cannabinoids were discovered, which made up more than half of the new substances in the EU premature store system. The health risks of these new connections are often unknown, which can lead to serious poisoning. eud reports about this alarming development.