{"version":1,"id":"gf","name":"French Guiana","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/gf/","count":1,"totals":{"reports":1,"arrested":2,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":22.193,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":0,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-08-17","reports":[{"id":"cayenne-airport-22kg-resin-two-couriers","code":"CET-JQDHA4","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/cayenne-airport-22kg-resin-two-couriers/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/JQDHA4/","date":"2026-08-17","added_at":"2026-11-05T22:27:33.265954Z","added_at_source":"recorded","updated_at":"2026-11-15T03:51:35.000Z","country":"gf","country_name":"French Guiana","place":"Félix-Éboué international airport, Matoury, near Cayenne, French Guiana","coordinates":[4.8198,-52.3603],"precision":"exact","type":"sentence","also":["arrest","seizure","prosecution"],"title":"Two couriers jailed over 22.2 kg of cannabis resin at Cayenne airport","summary":"Customs officers at Félix-Éboué airport in French Guiana stopped a woman arriving from Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle on 16 August 2026 with 5.316 kg of cannabis resin in LEGO boxes, then a passenger from Orly the next day with 16.877 kg in gift packaging. Both were sentenced, to three and four years with part suspended, and fines of 8,000 and 20,000 euros.","status":"verified","figures":{"arrested":2,"charged":2,"kg_seized":22.193,"prison":"3 years (2 suspended) for the 16 August courier; 4 years (2 suspended) for the 17 August courier","fine":{"amount":28000,"currency":"EUR"},"value":{"amount":200000,"currency":"EUR"}},"details":{"agency_types":["customs"],"products":[{"product":"hashish"}],"activity":["smuggling"],"setting":["airport","prison"],"case_stage":"sentenced","sentence_types":["prison"],"date_precision":"exact"},"data_sources":{"details.activity":[2,1],"details.agency_types":[1,2],"details.case_stage":[1,2],"details.date_precision":[1,2],"details.products":[1,2],"details.sentence_types":[2,1],"details.setting":[1,2],"figures.kg_seized":[2,1],"figures.prison":[1,2]},"tags":["french-guiana","cayenne-airport","cannabis-resin","customs","airport-mules"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/faitsdivers/drogue-plus-de-22-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-en-48h-a-laeroport-de-cayenne-1091204.php","media_url":"https://medias.franceantilles.fr/api/v1/images/view/6a91c1ec4c00b9c6e20c73a4/width_1000/image.jpg","publisher":"France-Guyane","caption":"Customs photo showing the two airport seizures that together contain more than 20 kilos of cannabis. Photo: Douanes"},{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/faitsdivers/drogue-plus-de-22-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-en-48h-a-laeroport-de-cayenne-1091204.php","media_url":"https://medias.franceantilles.fr/api/v1/images/view/6a91c1ed684a2a6e40033fb0/width_1000/image.jpg","publisher":"France-Guyane","caption":"Customs photo of cannabis resin said to be imported from Europe in the latest 2026 seizures. Photo: Douanes"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/muse-spark-1.3-contributor#xhigh","open_questions":["The two seizures were two separate customs checks with two different travellers; they are reported together because customs announced them as one 48-hour result and each is recorded here separately in the text.","Neither source gives the date or court that imposed the sentences.","The sources do not say where the couriers were travelling from beyond the Paris airports, who sent the resin or who was to receive it.","The first courier's ban covers stays in French Guiana for five years; the second has a two-year ban from Félix-Éboué airport, and the sources do not explain whether the two bans differ in scope.","The 2025 totals for cocaine, cannabis and tobacco cover the whole territory and are context only; they are not counted in the figures for this event."],"sources":[{"title":"Drogue : plus de 22 kg de cannabis saisis en 48h à l'aéroport de Cayenne","url":"https://www.franceguyane.fr/actualite/faitsdivers/drogue-plus-de-22-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-en-48h-a-laeroport-de-cayenne-1091204.php","publisher":"France-Guyane","date":"2026-08-28","archived":null},{"title":"Aéroport de Guyane : plus de 22 kg de résine de cannabis saisis en 48 heures","url":"https://la1ere.franceinfo.fr/guyane/aeroport-de-guyane-plus-de-22-kg-de-resine-de-cannabis-saisis-en-48-heures-1733207.html","publisher":"Guyane La 1ère (France Télévisions)","date":"2026-08-28","archived":null}]}]}