500 kg cannabis resin seized in container at Fort-de-France port
Anti-narcotics officers intercepted close to 500 kg of cannabis resin in a container from Le Havre at the port of Fort-de-France in December 2024, in a two-way cocaine and cannabis route run from inside a prison. The alleged organiser, among France's 50 biggest traffickers, was placed under formal investigation and more than half a million euros was seized from his accounts.
🇫🇷 Port de Fort-de-France, Fort-de-France, Martinique · France
French anti-drug investigators identified a man held in a prison in the Paris
region as the organiser of a two-way trafficking route between Martinique and
mainland France.[1]The network sent cocaine that reached Martinique onward to
mainland France, and moved cannabis the other way toward the Caribbean island.[1]The detained man was ranked among the 50 biggest French narcotics
traffickers and is said to have designed the scheme around ties to cannabis
dealers in the Paris region.[1]
In December 2024, during a check, close to 500 kg of cannabis resin was
intercepted at the port of Fort-de-France in Martinique, inside a container that
had come from the port of Le Havre.[1]Police also found a few luxury cars,
weapons and 30,000 euros in cash.[1]After tracing the operation to its
organiser, officers of the Office anti-stupéfiants (OFAST), France’s central
anti-narcotics office, found and seized more than half a million euros in his
bank accounts.[1]Already in prison in other cases, the man was placed under
formal investigation.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives only “December 2024” for the port interception, with no day; 1 December 2024 is used as the incident date.
The resin figure is approximate (“près de 500 kg”), not an exact laboratory weight.
Only one opened account could be used; it cites Europe 1 by name but the Europe 1 original and any OFAST statement were not accessible.
No arrest in this operation was reported; the organiser was already incarcerated and then placed under formal investigation, so only a charged figure is recorded.
The cocaine quantities, luxury cars and weapons are part of the same mixed case but are excluded from cannabis figures.
The 30,000 euros in cash and the more than half-million euros in bank accounts are mixed-case proceeds, so no value is recorded.
Whether the resin came from the mainland-France side of the network, and who sent it, is not stated.
No trial date or court outcome was reported; the case was at the formal-investigation stage.
The man's identity was not published and the prison where he was held is not named.
The article's only illustration shows 100 cocaine bales seized in June, not the December 2024 resin seizure, so no event photo is listed.
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