Father sentenced to a year in prison over 3 kg of cannabis found near Carhaix
A young father was sentenced to one year in prison on 6 November 2026, four days after Carhaix gendarmes searched his home and found three kilos of cannabis, half a kilo of cocaine and a handgun, which they valued at more than €60,000. He told the court he had agreed to store the goods for €200 without knowing exactly what they were.
A young father who lives with his family near Carhaix, in Finistère, was
sentenced on Friday 6 November 2026 to one year in prison.[1][2][3]The sentence
followed a search of his home by gendarmes of the Carhaix brigade on Monday 2
November 2026.[1][2]
The search turned up half a kilogram of cocaine, three kilograms of cannabis and
a handgun, which the gendarmes valued at more than €60,000.[1][2][3]
In court he said he was going through financial trouble and that a man he had
met while in a youth home offered him €200 to store goods at his house.[1][3]He
said he did not know the exact contents of the goods, but knew they were drugs.[1][3]
Case data
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Ouest-France.frouest-france.frFRUn demi-kilo de cocaïne, trois kilos de cannabis et une arme de poing dans la maison de famille de ce trentenaire breton
Only the opening paragraphs and a quote from the defendant were readable behind the subscriber paywall; the charges, the court that ruled, and any fine or confiscation were not published.
The article does not say whether the three kilos were cannabis herb or resin, so the product is recorded as flower only as the generic dried cannabis category.
The €60,000 is the gendarmes' valuation of the whole haul including the cocaine, not a cannabis-only figure.
The article gives no separate date for his arrest or custody before the 2 November 2026 search; 6 November 2026, the sentencing date, is used as the incident date.
The man's full name, exact age and the commune where he lives were not published; Carhaix-Plouguer is the brigade town named in the article's locality tags.
Whether the year in prison is firm or partly suspended, and whether an appeal was lodged, was not reported.
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