Gendarmes destroy nearly 450 cannabis plants near Rémuzat
Gendarmes from the Rémuzat community brigade destroyed nearly 450 outdoor cannabis plants in the Baronnies provençales after a tip, arresting a 39-year-old man found watering the crop; Le Dauphiné Libéré reported the case on 10 September 2026. He reportedly admitted growing for barter and was to face a simplified guilty plea procedure.
Le Dauphiné Libéré reported that gendarmes from the community brigade at Rémuzat acted on a
tip about a cannabis plantation in the Baronnies provençales hills.[1]
On site they smelled cannabis, seized nearly 450 plants and destroyed them, the paper said.[1]A 39-year-old man from the Drôme, caught watering the crop, was arrested.[1]
According to the report he admitted the offence and said he used the harvest for barter, and
was expected to go before a court under a comparution sur reconnaissance préalable de
culpabilité procedure after custody.[1]
The newspaper published a photograph of the plantation with its account.[1]
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Scene from the cannabis plantation near Rémuzat published with Le Dauphiné's report.Photo details
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