French, Luxembourg Police Carry Out Joint Checks on Cross-Border Rail Transport

The Grand Ducal Police in Luxembourg have reported that they recently teamed up with their French colleagues to conduct joint checks on cross-border rail transport.

On Wednesday 29 January 2025, the Grand Ducal Police and the Thionville Departmental Gendarmerie conducted joint patrols on cross-border rail transport.

During this joint action, four Luxembourg police officers and six French gendarmes checked four trains and around 100 people. They found about 300 grams of hashish on one of the people checked. The officers seized the drugs and drew up a report.

These joint patrols followed the signing, in January 2024, of an administrative arrangement between Luxembourg's Minister for Home Affairs and the French Minister of the Interior and the Overseas, allowing the Grand Ducal Police and the National Gendarmerie to carry out joint patrols on all cross-border railway lines, including high-speed lines, as well as in the stations they serve.

Their main aim is to ensure a prevention and deterrence mission, by guaranteeing a visible police presence on board trains, and to facilitate the fight against cross-border crime, noted the police.