At the Dojran border crossing, customs and police services foiled an attempt to smuggle around 10 kilograms of cannabis. What makes this case unusual is the method: the drug was distributed across about 50 plastic jars, disguised as food spreads - including something that resembled "Nutella".

Macedonian citizens, in a rental car, tried to take the shipment to Greece. The border check pulled the vehicle aside for a detailed inspection, and that's when the seizure was made. The case is under investigation, and the head of the Customs Office announced a press conference about this "seizure of historic proportions".

The Macedonia-Greece route is one of the classics for smuggling in the region. Why? Because the market price of cannabis in Greece (and upward into the EU) is two to three times higher than in North Macedonia. For 10 kilograms, the gap easily reaches tens of thousands of euros. Criminal groups keep moving to ever more creative hiding methods - vacuum-sealed inside food products, packed inside coffee, inside jars with pickled vegetables.

The question that stays open is a different one: how many times do shipments like this cross the border without getting caught? The seizures are the news. The rest - we don't know. Balkan crime works deep on exactly these routes, and for exactly that reason Dojran is one of the most heavily wired points for serious customs-police operations. For now - this case ended with a seizure. How many others don't - that's a different question.