Man, 41, arrested with handgun and cannabis resin in Fort-de-France
Police arrested a 41-year-old man on avenue Maurice Bishop in Fort-de-France on the night of 4 June 2026 after he fled a road check, finding a loaded Sarsilmaz handgun and cannabis resin on him. He was held in police custody and brought before the courts over the weapon and the drugs.
🇫🇷 Avenue Maurice Bishop, Fort-de-France, Martinique · France
Police in Martinique arrested a 41-year-old man on the night of 4 June 2026
after he refused to stop at a road check and fled on foot.[1]The check took
place on avenue Maurice Bishop in Fort-de-France and was run by the night
command service of the national police’s territorial directorate for Martinique
(DTPN 972).[1]Officers immobilised his vehicle with an interception device,
but the driver abandoned it and ran off before the anti-crime brigade (BAC)
caught and arrested him.[2]
The man was quickly caught and arrested, and the police found a category-B
handgun on him, a Sarsilmaz pistol with a magazine holding 11 9 mm cartridges.[1]Police also seizedcannabis resin during the arrest.[2]
The man was placed in police custody and then brought before the courts.[2]The investigation continued to establish the circumstances in which he came to
hold the weapon and the drugs.[2]France-Antilles reported that the fight
against firearms trafficking is one of the Martinique authorities’ priorities,
with 46 weapons seized in the police zone since 1 January 2026.[1]
Photos and video
Police photo of the handgun and the cannabis resin found on the man after the traffic check. Photo: Police nationalePhoto details
Neither article gives a weight for the cannabis resin, so no kilograms or value can be recorded.
No charge or court outcome was reported; the articles say only that the man was placed in police custody and brought before the courts.
France-Antilles says the man refused to submit to the check while La 1ère writes that he refused to comply; both describe the same flight from the road check.
The town of Fort-de-France is the only place named, so the coordinates mark the city centre, not the precise stretch of avenue Maurice Bishop.
The two outlets' accounts are largely similar and both draw on the police version; no separate national police statement could be opened.
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