100 g of cannabis found in a Ducos prison cell; two detainees disciplined
Prison officers searching a cell in living unit 20 of Ducos prison's men's remand building on 26 April 2023 found 100 grams of cannabis resin and herb and a smartphone in two detainees' belongings. Both are facing disciplinary proceedings and the prison referred the case to the Fort-de-France prosecutor, while the FO Justice union said the cannabis came in through visiting rooms.
🇫🇷 Ducos prison (centre pénitentiaire de Ducos), Martinique · France
Two detainees in a cell at the Ducos men’s remand unit (maison d’arrêt des
hommes) were the target of a cell search on the morning of Wednesday 26 April
2023.[1]Prison officers searched the cell in living unit 20 from about 9 a.m.
after suspecting it held contraband.[1]In the two prisoners’ personal effects
the officers found 100 grams of cannabis resin and herb and a smartphone.[1]
The two detainees face a disciplinary procedure before the prison’s disciplinary
commission.[1]The prison’s management referred the case to the Fort-de-France
public prosecutor for any legal follow-up.[1]
The FO Justice prison union said the cannabis would have entered the prison
through family visiting rooms.[1]The union’s Patrick Louvounou said the
prison should continue searches and plan sector searches with the gendarmerie’s
dog unit, and that the penitentiary law bars officers from body searches.[1]FO Justice also asked the prison administration and the Mission pour les
Outre-Mer to formally recognise the officers’ work.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Cannabis
100 g
Agency type
Gendarmerie, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Smuggling
Setting
Prison
Sources
RCI Martiniquerci.fmFRRésine et herbe de cannabis découverts dans une cellule de la prison de Ducos
Open questions the AI reported
Only one account, the RCI Martinique report of 26 April 2023, could be opened; no prison administration statement or second outlet was found for this cell search.
The 100 grams are reported as cannabis resin and herb together, with no split between the two products.
No names, ages or charges of the two detainees were published, and no court outcome was reported.
What the disciplinary commission decided and whether the Fort-de-France prosecutor opened a case were not reported.
The article gives no value for the seized cannabis and does not say what happened to the smartphone.
The page carries only a generic RCI placeholder image, so no photo of the search is included.
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