17-year-old held selling hashish in Besançon; 361 g of cannabis found at home
A 17-year-old caught selling cannabis resin to motorists from a car park in Besançon resisted arrest and was handcuffed, then a search of his home found 360.9 g of cannabis and 1,470 euros. A juvenile judge in Vesoul ordered him held in an educational unit in Auxerre and banned him from Besançon pending a hearing in February 2027.
A patrol of the anti-crime squad, the brigade anticriminalité, was watching a
car park behind a residence on rue du Refuge in Besançon at about 17:10 on
Sunday 8 November 2026 after spotting a youth making repeated hand-to-hand deals
with parked motorists.[1]When the officers walked onto the car park, the
17-year-old came towards them and offered three bags of cannabis resin bars for
sale.[1]The officers declined his offer and arrested him.[1]He struggled
and resisted physically and was handcuffed before being taken to his home for a
search.[1]
The search found 1,470 euros in cash, 315.6 grams of cannabis resin and 45.3
grams of cannabis herb, as well as 12 grams of cocaine, 37 grams of ketamine and
50 ecstasy tablets.[1]Questioned in custody, he admitted selling drugs for
payment and admitted trying to get away, waving his arms to stop officers
handcuffing him.[1]
He was brought before the judicial court in Vesoul on 10 November 2026.[1]The
juvenile judge ordered him held in a judicial educational unit in Auxerre,
banned him from Besançon and required him to undergo treatment.[1]He is due
to appear before the Vesoul children’s court in February 2027.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
360.9 g
Sites
1
Cash confiscated
EUR 1,470
Agency
Police nationale
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (315.6 g); Herbal cannabis (45.3 g)
Activity
Sale, Possession
Setting
Street or public place, Home
Charge
vente de stupéfiants
Case stage
Charged
Force
Physical force
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Sources
macommune.infomacommune.infoFRUn adolescent de 17 ans interpellé en flagrant délit de vente de stupéfiants à Besançon
Open questions the AI reported
No street value was published for the drugs seized.
The three bags of resin the youth showed the officers were not weighed separately, so the 360.9 grams is the haul from the search of his home.
The source does not say whether he was already known to police or how long he had been selling.
No trial outcome is known; the children's court hearing is set for February 2027.
The source does not say whether any officer was hurt when he resisted, or whether the placement in Auxerre began immediately.
Police in Carcassonne's Viguier neighbourhood detained a 29-year-old man at a drug-dealing point and found about 20 grams of cannabis resin, less than five grams of cannabis herb, cash and nearly five grams of cocaine. His custody was extended.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at his home in Cancon, Lot-et-Garonne, on 10 November 2026 after gendarmes investigated several weeks of drug dealing near the local lake. Officers found 100 grams of cannabis resin at his home; the man, who admitted supplying about fifteen customers, was presented to the prosecutor in Agen two days later.
Police in Montpellier stopped a 33-year-old driver in the Marels area and found 211 g of cannabis resin, 42 g of herbal cannabis and 6,800 euros in small bills. He was held in custody and brought to court on 11 November for a guilty-plea hearing after reportedly admitting months of resale and deliveries.
Anti-crime squad officers arrested three men selling cocaine and cannabis resin from Marseille streets on Sunday 8 November 2026, two in the 11th arrondissement and one in the 15th. Two officers were injured overpowering the third man, and all three were taken into police custody.
