🇳🇨 New Caledonia
RSS7 reports of cannabis enforcement.
- People arrested
- 26
- Plants destroyed
- 988
- Cannabis seized
- 11.121 kg
Only what the reports state; most operations are never reported in numbers.
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- No seed lot recorded
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- Arrest · 2
- Sentence · 5
Reports
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Nouméa man jailed 12 months over 362 g of cannabis
A 28-year-old Nouméa man was sentenced to 12 months in prison after a cannabis smell led police to 15 g in his parked car and 347 g at his home. Already under an electronic bracelet, he admitted dealing since July 2026 and was jailed immediately.
Arrested 1Charged 1Cannabis 362 gPrison 12 monthsWoman jailed 2 years for smuggling cannabis into Camp-Est prison
A 33-year-old woman was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting she smuggled cannabis into Nouméa's Camp-Est prison and trafficked it from February to September 2026. Police seized 536 grams of cannabis in 87 sachets and 80,000 francs, valued by prosecutors at 435,000 francs.
Arrested 1Cannabis 536 gPrison 2 yearsThree family members sentenced in Touho over 988 cannabis plants
Three members of one family from the Koé tribe in Touho, New Caledonia, were convicted on 2 October 2026 of trafficking cannabis since early 2022. Gendarmes seized 988 cannabis plants, growing equipment, cash, a motorboat and other assets, and the court imposed 18-month prison terms with suspended portions plus fines.
Arrested 3Charged 3Plants destroyed 988Prison 18 months
Cannabis dealer jailed one year after Magenta bust
Police broke up a cannabis dealing point in the towers district of Magenta, Nouméa, detaining a buyer and arresting the alleged seller after witnessing a sale. The already police-known seller was tried in immediate appearance and sentenced to one year of firm imprisonment at Camp Est.
Arrested 2Charged 1Prison 1 year
20221 report
12 held in New Caledonia cannabis bust with 20M francs seized
National police arrested 12 people in coordinated searches across Houaïlou, Bourail, Nouméa and the suburbs, dismantling a major cannabis production and resale network. Officers seized several kilos of cannabis herb, weapons and a record 20 million francs in cash.
Arrested 12
20211 report
Three sentenced over 6.3 kg cannabis network at Mont-Dore
Gendarmes in New Caledonia arrested three people, including a Mont-Dore couple, for a cannabis trade run through social media since January 2020, seizing 6.323 kg, five indoor grow rooms and cash. All three admitted guilt under guilty-plea proceedings and received prison terms of two years with one suspended, six months, and two years with one suspended.
Arrested 3Charged 3Cannabis 6.323 kgPrison 2 years (including 1 year suspended)
20161 report
4 held in Nouméa raid over 400 g of cannabis butter
National police searched a Nouméa home on 8 March 2016, detaining four people who made cannabis butter for cooking and seizing 400 g of the butter plus 3.5 kg of cannabis plants and powder. The four were released after extended custody and ordered to face a drug-possession trial in early September, risking up to 10 years in prison.
Arrested 4Cannabis 3.9 kg
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