{"version":1,"id":"re","name":"Réunion","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/country/re/","count":3,"totals":{"reports":3,"arrested":4,"plants_destroyed":0,"hectares":0,"kg_seized":350,"deaths":0},"by_type":{"eradication":0,"seizure":2,"raid":0,"arrest":0,"prosecution":0,"sentence":1,"execution":0,"death":0},"latest":"2026-10-14","reports":[{"id":"reunion-zamal-appeal-sentences","code":"CET-XCEZJZ","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/reunion-zamal-appeal-sentences/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/XCEZJZ/","date":"2026-10-14","country":"re","country_name":"Réunion","place":"Saint-Denis, Réunion","coordinates":[-20.88,55.45],"precision":"locality","type":"sentence","also":[],"title":"Appeal court raises zamal traffickers' terms to up to seven years","summary":"The Saint-Denis appeal court raised the sentences of three of four men who ran zamal from Réunion to Mauritius between July 2023 and April 2025. The former chief of staff of the Sainte-Suzanne mayor and a second defendant drew seven years each, a third five years; the fourth term stayed at four years.","status":"verified","figures":{},"tags":["zamal","trafficking","mauritius-route","appeal"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://www.lequotidien.re/assets/images/cache/thumbnail_une_1/assets/images/articles/2026/10/14/bateau-trafic-de-zamal-reunion-maurice-6ac764ca5efb0625528671-6acf093b3eb68490861278.webp","publisher":"Le Quotidien","caption":"Gendarmes with a beached trafficking boat at Saint-Benoît. Photo: Emmanuel Grondin via Le Quotidien"}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"Meta Muse Spark (via Muse Code)","open_questions":["The map marks Saint-Denis city, not a precise courthouse location.","Only Le Quotidien has published this hearing in text form; a second outlet account has not been found.","A landrace summary of an unopened Zinfos974 piece gives six years rather than seven for De Boisvilliers; Le Quotidien's seven-year figure is used here.","The quantities of zamal moved over the July 2023 to April 2025 period were not stated."],"sources":[{"title":"Trafic de zamal vers Maurice : les peines alourdies par la cour d’appel","url":"https://www.lequotidien.re/article/faits-divers/2026/10/14/trafic-de-zamal-vers-maurice-les-peines-alourdies-par-la-cour-dappel","publisher":"Le Quotidien","date":"2026-10-14","archived":null}]},{"id":"reunion-airport-140kg-cannabis","code":"CET-60RR5V","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/reunion-airport-140kg-cannabis/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/60RR5V/","date":"2026-09-10","country":"re","country_name":"Réunion","place":"Roland Garros Airport, Sainte-Marie","coordinates":[-20.890223,55.517318],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Réunion customs seize 140 kg of Bangkok cannabis in record week","summary":"Customs officers at Saint-Denis airport in Réunion found 140 kg of Thai cannabis herb hidden in air cargo bound for Amsterdam on 10 September 2026, the island's first such freight seizure. In the same week officers also seized 17 kg of Thai herb from a British traveller and 37 kg of cannabis resin from a passenger arriving from Paris, among more than 200 kg of drugs customs reported.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":194},"tags":["reunion","cannabis","customs","air-cargo","saint-denis"],"cover":null,"media":[],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The sources do not say whether the British woman or the Guianese man was charged, tried or sentenced.","The customs page is dated 15 September 2026, while Imaz Press dates the communiqué to 21 September 2026; the seizure dates of 9 and 10 September are consistent across sources.","The 194 kg cannabis figure is the sum of the 140 kg, 17 kg and 37 kg seizures; no single source states the total."],"sources":[{"title":"La Réunion : plus de 200 kg de stupéfiants saisis en quelques jours","url":"https://www.douane.gouv.fr/actualites/la-reunion-plus-de-200-kg-de-stupefiants-saisis-en-quelques-jours","publisher":"Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects","date":"2026-09-15","archived":null},{"title":"[Photos - Vidéo] À l'aéroport, les douaniers saisissent 140 kg d’herbe de cannabis dissimulés dans 40 cartons","url":"https://imazpress.com/faits-divers/semaine-memorable-pour-les-douaniers-de-la-reunion-plus-de-200-kg-de-stupefiants-saisis-en-quelques-jours-dont-140-kg-de-cannabis-en-provenance-de-thailande","publisher":"Imaz Press Réunion","date":"2026-09-21","archived":null},{"title":"Drogues à la Réunion : quand les saisies s'emballent","url":"https://www.lequotidien.re/article/faits-divers/2026/09/17/drogues-a-la-reunion-quand-les-saisies-semballent","publisher":"Le Quotidien de La Réunion","date":"2026-09-17","archived":null},{"title":"Une mule interceptée à l'aéroport Roland-Garros avec 17 kilos d'herbe de cannabis","url":"https://imazpress.com/faits-divers/une-mule-interceptee-a-l-aeroport-roland-garros-avec-17-kilos-d-herbe-de-cannabis","publisher":"Imaz Press Réunion","date":"2026-09-10","archived":null},{"title":"Interpellée à l'aéroport : en provenance de Guyane, la mule voyageait en classe affaires avec 52 kilos de drogues","url":"https://imazpress.com/toute-l-actu/saisie-record-effectuee-sur-une-mule-a-l-aeroport-de-roland-garros-15kg-de-coke-et-37-kg","publisher":"Imaz Press Réunion","date":"2026-09-12","archived":null}]},{"id":"bras-panon-156kg-cannabis-seizure","code":"CET-964PSX","url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/report/bras-panon-156kg-cannabis-seizure/","short_url":"https://tracker.cannabisfreedom.fyi/r/964PSX/","date":"2026-07-26","country":"re","country_name":"Réunion","place":"Bras-Panon seafront, near the Rivière du Mât, Réunion","coordinates":[-20.9953,55.6761],"precision":"locality","type":"seizure","also":["arrest"],"title":"Two arrested as 156 kg of cannabis seized on Bras-Panon seafront","summary":"Gendarmes seized 156 kg of cannabis packed in 10 sacks as two men prepared to load them onto a boat on the seafront at Bras-Panon, Réunion, on 26 July 2026. Both were arrested and brought before a prosecutor; investigators say the haul was bound for Mauritius.","status":"reported","figures":{"arrested":2,"kg_seized":156},"tags":["reunion","zamal","bras-panon","mauritius"],"cover":null,"media":[{"kind":"photo","url":"https://freedom.fr/coup-de-filet-a-bras-panon-156-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-sur-le-littoral-grace-a-la-vigilance-citoyenne/","publisher":"Free Dom","caption":"The seized cannabis sacks and packages displayed in front of a gendarmerie 'Zéro Drogue' poster."}],"cfi_id":null,"created_by_model":"opencode-go/deepseek-v4.1-flash#max","open_questions":["The map uses a Bras-Panon locality reference; the exact seafront transfer site near Rivière du Mât was not geolocated.","The two men's names, ages and the charges they face were not published.","The outcome of the judicial investigation, including any trial or sentence, is unknown.","The investigation was opened to identify possible branches of the network, so others may be implicated."],"sources":[{"title":"Coup de filet à Bras-Panon : 156 kg de cannabis saisis sur le littoral grâce à la vigilance citoyenne","url":"https://freedom.fr/coup-de-filet-a-bras-panon-156-kg-de-cannabis-saisis-sur-le-littoral-grace-a-la-vigilance-citoyenne/","publisher":"Free Dom","date":"2026-08-04","archived":null},{"title":"Bras-Panon : des valises transférées vers un bateau alertent des témoins, 156 kg de cannabis saisis et deux hommes interpellés","url":"https://imazpress.com/toute-l-actu/saisie-de-156-kilos-de-zamal-la-gendarmerie-remercie-les-temoins-pour-leur-aide-dans-la-mise-a-jour-d-un-trafic-vers-maurice","publisher":"Imaz Press Réunion","date":"2026-08-03","archived":null}]}]}