984 g of cannabis resin seized in Dillon postal parcels
Customs and La Poste staff checking parcels at the Dillon sorting centre in Fort-de-France seized 984 g of cannabis resin, 26 counterfeit wireless earbuds and 90 g of rolling tobacco on 2 March 2026. Prefect Étienne Desplanques attended the operation; no arrests were reported.
🇫🇷 Centre de tri postal de Dillon, Fort-de-France, Martinique · France
On the morning of Monday 2 March 2026, the prefect of Martinique, Étienne
Desplanques, went to the Dillon postal sorting centre in Fort-de-France for a
parcel-control operation.[1]Teams from the Douane, France’s customs service,
and from La Poste, the national postal operator, carried out the checks
together.[1]The prefect was present at the postal sorting centre that Monday
during the checks.[1]
The operation at Dillon yielded cannabis resin, counterfeit wireless earbuds and
rolling tobacco.[2]Officers seized984 g of cannabis resin, just under a
kilogram, in the parcels.[1]They also seized 26 counterfeit wireless earbuds
from the parcels.[1]The parcels also contained 90 g of rolling tobacco.[1]
According to the prefecture, the operation aimed to reaffirm the State’s
priority in the fight against illicit trafficking.[1]The prefecture also said
the operation aimed to secure parcel flows.[1]
Photos and video
The prefect Étienne Desplanques at the Dillon postal sorting centre during the parcel-control operation. Photo: DR (France-Antilles)Photo details
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