129 cannabis plants seized at man's home in Fort-de-France
Fort-de-France police searching the Dillon home of a 30-year-old man stopped on suspicion of armed extortion found a grow of 129 cannabis plants. He admitted growing for personal use and sharing with relatives without payment, and was freed pending a court summons on 27 June 2016.
Police in Fort-de-France presented the week’s find as a fine catch after
cannabis plants were found at the home of a man in his thirties in the Dillon
neighbourhood.[1]A 30-year-old resident of the Dillon neighbourhood in
Fort-de-France was stopped on Tuesday 26 April 2016 by a Fort-de-France police
team while allegedly trying to extort money by threatening with a firearm.[1]Officers then searched his home.[1]The search uncovered a grow of 129
cannabis plants at his home.[1]
Police found no evidence of genuine drug trafficking.[1]The man admitted that
the cannabis was for his personal use and said he regularly supplied relatives
without taking any payment.[1]He was left at liberty rather than held under
arrest.[1]He was due to appear before the court on 27 June 2016.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Plants destroyed
129
Agency
Fort-de-France police
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Living plants (129 plants)
Setting
Home
Case stage
Charged
Region
Martinique
Sources
RCIrci.fmFR129 pieds d’herbe de cannabis saisis à Fort-de-France
Open questions the AI reported
No account of the 27 June 2016 court hearing could be found, so its outcome is unknown.
The article says the man was stopped and then that he was not kept under arrest, so no arrested figure is recorded given the two statements sit uneasily together.
The report does not say whether the 129 plants were grown indoors or outdoors, so no growing environment is recorded.
The page carries only a generic RCI archive illustration plus thumbnails promoting unrelated 2026 stories, so no event photo is listed.
Only the RCI account could be opened; no police statement or second outlet's report of this case was found.
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