Gendarmes assisted by the Faa’a municipal police arrested one person at his private home in Faa’a during a joint operation linked to a judicial investigation into drug trafficking.[1][2] Officers placed him in custody and then brought him before the tribunal in Papeete.[1][2] The tribunal sentenced him to 18 months of firm imprisonment and ordered his committal to prison under a mandat de dépôt, a committal order.[1][2][3]

Officers seized 302 cannabis plants during the search of the home.[1][2][3] They also seized 382 grams of cannabis herb found with the plants during that same home search.[1][2][3] The same search also recovered 13 grams of methamphetamine and 470,500 Fcfp, CFP francs, in cash alongside the cannabis.[1][2][3]

The home intervention took place on the Wednesday of the previous week.[1] It formed part of a judicial enquiry specifically concerning drug trafficking.[1] The custody, court appearance and sentencing followed, with the hearing held on the Thursday of that same week.[1]

The intervention in Faa’a occurred on 28 October.[2] The individual was brought before the Papeete judicial court on 29 October.[2][3] Officers also listed 1.4 kg of leaves among the items seized alongside the cannabis plants and herb.[2]

The Faa’a operation was carried out by COMGEND gendarmes supported by the PSIG of the Windward Islands company, the DSI and the Faa’a municipal police.[3]