Man, 24, convicted in Caen after 1.4 g cannabis resin seizure
Police arrested a 24-year-old in Caen's Calvaire-Saint-Pierre on 25 August 2026 after he knocked down an officer while fleeing a check, seizing 1.4 g of cannabis resin and a knife. The Caen court tried him on 28 October and convicted him, with the penalty undisclosed in the accessible text.
🇫🇷 Calvaire-Saint-Pierre neighbourhood, Caen, Calvados · France
Police in Caen arrested a 24-year-old man after he fled a check in late August
2026 and caused an officer who tried to stop him to fall to the ground.[1][2]He
was later tried at the Caen judicial court in Calvados on Wednesday 28 October.[1][2]The Caen court convicted the 24-year-old man and did not follow the
requests made by his defence lawyer.[1]
Officers arrested the fugitive after the fall and carried out a search of his
person.[1]The search found 1.4 grams of cannabis resin and a knife with an
8-centimetre blade in his possession.[1][2]
On 25 August 2026 at about 6 p.m., officers in the Calvaire-Saint-Pierre
neighbourhood of Caen in Calvados surprised two men who appeared to be carrying
out a suspicious exchange.[1]Officers tried to check both men, but one of
them fled from the check.[1][3]An officer stepped into the fugitive’s path to
block him, was violently struck by the running man, and fell together with him.[1]
In Caen on 25 August he had just bought a piece of cannabis when he saw an officer who wanted to check him.[2]The Caen court convicted Marwan Alla and kept him in detention for eight months.[2]The prosecutor had requested eight months in prison plus revocation of four months of a prior suspended sentence.[2]His defence said his attitude came from weariness at repeated checks he viewed as racial profiling.[2]He first appeared on 28 August and asked for time to prepare his defence.[3]On 7 September he appeared before the Caen correctional court for a release request pending the 28 October judgment.[3]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Charged
1
Cannabis
1.4 g
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Possession
Setting
Vehicle, Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Suspended sentence
Sources
Ouest-Franceouest-france.frFR« Je ne supporte plus d’être contrôlé sans arrêt » : il percute un policier en s’enfuyant, un homme de 24 ans condamné
La Manche Librelamanchelibre.frFRCaen. Interpellé alors qu'il venait d'acheter de la drogue, il plaide un énième "contrôle au faciès"
La Manche Librelamanchelibre.frFRCaen. "Ils me tripotent les parties" : il accuse les policiers qui l'ont interpellé d'avoir les mains baladeuses
Open questions the AI reported
The accessible text ends mid-sentence after the knife with et..., so any additional items found on the man are unknown.
The penalty imposed on conviction was behind the paywall, so no prison term, fine or other sentence is recorded.
The accessible text does not break down which charges the conviction covered among flight, violence against an officer, knife possession and cannabis possession.
What happened to the second man present at the suspicious exchange is not described in the accessible text.
The trial date is given as Wednesday 28 October without a year; 2026 is used from the August 2026 incident and 29 October 2026 publication.
Only one accessible full source was found after searching; an aggregator repeats the same account without adding facts.
The new accounts describe the cannabis as a piece of cannabis, drugs or cannabis resin without repeating the 1.4 g laboratory weight, so the weight still rests on the earlier Ouest-France account.
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The Fontainebleau criminal court sentenced a driver to five years in prison, including two years firm, over a fatal 2021 crash at Souppes-sur-Loing in which his 20-year-old passenger died. The court heard he had drunk alcohol and smoked cannabis and was driving at 135 km/h in a 30 km/h zone.
Anti-crime police in Passamaïnty, Mayotte, broke up a drug deal on 4 November 2026 and seized 3.334 kg of cannabis and 8,495 euros in cash from a suspected stash flat; three people were arrested. Two young men were tried in Mamoudzou on 9 November and sentenced to 30 months with 12 suspended and a 15-month suspended term.