Digne court jails Manosque driver for fourth cannabis road offence
On 12 October 2026 the judicial court in Digne-les-Bains sentenced a 23-year-old Manosque waiter to eight months in prison under electronic monitoring after gendarmes stopped him driving under the influence of drugs at Les Mées on 24 September; his licence was cancelled.
🇫🇷 Les Mées, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence · France
- Charged
- 1
- Prison
- 8 months
Gendarmes stopped a 23-year-old Manosque man at Les Mées on 24 September 2026 and found he had
driven after using drugs; it was his fourth such control, after a conviction on 6 October 2025.[1][2]
At immediate trial on 12 October the judicial court in Digne-les-Bains heard him say he had relapsed
two days earlier when a friend offered cannabis.[1][2]
The substitute prosecutor told him it was his fourth positive test within a year of his last
conviction.[1][2] Police found 2 grams of cannabis at his home.[1][2] His lawyer pointed to his job
as a head waiter in a local restaurant and argued he was a social user, not a dealer.[2]
The court sentenced him to six months in prison plus two months from a revoked suspended term, to be
served under electronic monitoring, and cancelled his driving licence.[1][2] The prosecution had
sought six months under a tag, revocation of the suspended term, licence cancellation and vehicle
forfeiture.[2]
Sources
- Au volant sous cannabis, un Manosquin de 23 ans condamné à huit mois de prison. Le Dauphiné Libéré, 12 October 2026. In French.
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence : contrôlé une quatrième fois sous stupéfiants au volant, il écope de huit mois de prison sous bracelet. Alpes 1, 13 October 2026. In French.
Open questions the AI reported
- The defendant's name was not published in the regional press accounts opened.
- Ouest-France described the drugs as cannabis while the court hearing concerned driving after use of narcotics generally.
- The prosecutor's request to confiscate the vehicle was not mentioned in the outcome reported.