107 kg of cannabis seized from a yole at Anses d'Arlet; three held, one jailed
Customs, navy and RAID police intercepted a cannabis landing at Anses d'Arlet in Martinique on 28 March 2025, seizing 107.24 kg from an abandoned car and boarding the yole that brought it in. Three suspects were held; the man detained on land got one year in prison and a 160,000 euro fine, while the two taken at sea were freed with orders to leave France.
Customs officers, with the navy and national police, caught a drug landing in
Anses d’Arlet in southern Martinique on Friday 28 March 2025.[1]On land
customs officers detained a man who had abandoned his car with a boot full of
suspect packages.[1]The packages weighed 107.24 kg of cannabis herb.[1]
In a night operation, RAID police officers on a new interceptor vessel boarded
the yole — a Martinican open sailing boat — suspected of having unloaded the
cargo.[1]Officers arrested two more men, from Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent.[1]All three suspects were held in custody at the offices of Ofast, France’s
anti-narcotics office.[1]
After 96 hours of questioning, the man detained on land was tried that week and
sentenced to one year in prison and a 160,000 euro fine.[1]The two men picked
up on the yole were freed but served with an obligation to leave French
territory.[1]
Photos and video
Lead photo published with the report on the Anses d'Arlet seizure, captioned with the headline 'Plus de 100 kilos d'herbe de cannabis saisis aux Anses d'Arlet'.Photo details
RCIrci.fmFRPlus de 100 kilos d'herbe de cannabis saisis aux Anses d'Arlet
Open questions the AI reported
No second source reporting this case could be found or opened; the account rests on a single RCI article.
The article does not name the court that sentenced the man detained on land, nor whether the sentence was appealed.
No figure for the value of the seized cannabis was published.
The two men from Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent were released without charge and given an obligation to leave French territory; their formal legal status in the case is not described.
The lead photo is captioned only with the headline and no credit is given, so it is not confirmed to show the seizure itself.
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