Argentan prison: four extra months for Mohamed Behih after cell cannabis find
The Argentan court on 27 January 2026 added four months in prison to detainee Mohamed Behih, 24, for receiving cannabis and a phone in his cell after a search found 1.7 g of herbal cannabis and charging cables; it was his third drug find and second phone seizure in custody, and he refused to appear.
🇫🇷 Centre pénitentiaire d'Argentan, Orne · France
- Cannabis
- 0 kg
- Prison
- 4 months
On Tuesday 27 January 2026 the Argentan criminal court tried Mohamed Behih, 24,
in absentia for receiving drugs and a mobile phone in custody at the Argentan
prison in Orne.[1] As in earlier proceedings he refused extraction,
videoconference or to sign paperwork, and the court ruled without him.[1]
About a year earlier, during a planned search at the prison, staff found 1.7 g
of herbal cannabis, a mobile phone and two charging cables in his cell.[1]
It was his third seizure involving drugs in detention and his second involving
a phone; he had declined to be interviewed on the facts.[1]
The court noted a long criminal record totalling 109 months of past sentences.[1] The prosecutor had asked for three months; the court imposed four months
in firm prison without adjustment.[1]
Sources
- Cannabis et téléphone en cellule : quatre mois de prison supplémentaires pour un détenu à Argentan. actu.fr, 28 January 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- Only actu.fr reported the hearing; no second outlet covering this sentencing was found.
- The article says the search was about a year before trial but does not give the exact date of the cell search.
- The piece uses a stock illustration rather than a photo of the prison search.