The Thonon-les-Bains criminal court on Monday sentenced a Russian national to 18 months in prison for laundering drug trafficking. On Wednesday, the gendarmes of the motorized platoon of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois had checked him at the Viry toll on the A40 with on board, 160,000 euros in small denominations.
The 28-year-old man, residing in Geneva, was imprisoned after the hearing on Monday. The Thonon Criminal Court also ordered the confiscation of the sum seized and of his vehicle.