Slovenian police say officers seized more than 177 kilograms of suspected cannabis after stopping a lorry near Obrežje at the Slovenian exit from the motorway. The police report says traffic officers from the Novo mesto Traffic Police Station stopped and searched the driver of a lorry with a trailer bearing Croatian number plates on the morning of 3 August. Checks found the transport was being carried out by a 35-year-old Serbian national driving a vehicle owned by a Croatian company, and the freight documents stated the load was furniture transported from Spain to Croatia. The case was then taken over by the Novo mesto Police Station for Compensatory Measures. Officers from the Specialised Unit for State Border Control and an official from the Novo mesto Financial Office mobile unit assisted with an inspection of the vehicle and cargo. During the inspection, police found packets containing dried plant matter in one of the boxes, suspected to be illegal cannabis. They seized 21 packets weighing approximately 21 kilograms. Following a court order, criminal investigators conducted a more thorough search of the lorry and found an additional 133 packets. In total, police seized 177.10 kilograms of cannabis. The substance will be analysed at the National Forensic Laboratory. Police said the 35-year-old man was arrested and taken into custody. After a hearing, an investigating judge ordered his remand in custody on a criminal complaint based on reasonable suspicion of unlawful manufacture and trade in illicit drugs. Investigators are continuing the probe to establish the circumstances of the offence. Police said foreign law enforcement authorities are also assisting. Police also used the press conference to outline current drug-related trends, including an increase in availability of illicit drugs and the emergence of synthetic drugs described as particularly dangerous. They added that online sales and postal dispatch can complicate investigations, as criminals exploit encrypted communications and international delivery routes.