272 cannabis plants seized and destroyed in Huahine
Gendarmes seized and destroyed 272 cannabis plants, about 42 kg of herb, at two hidden grow sites in Huahine on 8 October 2025. No growers had been identified and an investigation was continuing.
🇵🇫 eastern motus and Maroe valley, Huahine · French Polynesia
On 8 October 2025, gendarmesseized and destroyed 272 cannabis plants in
Huahine.[1]The operation was led by Huahine brigade gendarmes with air
support from the Dauphin helicopter of flotilla 35F.[2]Guided from the air,
officers found two grow sites on islets east of the island and in the Maroe
valley.[3]The plants were hidden in dense vegetation in shelters and
greenhouses fitted with solar panels.[3]
The 272 plants were spread over two grow sites, some under greenhouse cover.[4]The 272 plants represented about 42 kilograms of herb seized and destroyed.[3]Officers seized the crop and destroyed the entire production on site.[1]
Those responsible had not been identified and investigations were continuing.[3]An investigation was under way to identify those responsible for the
illegal crop.[2]The forces said they remained fully mobilised against drug
trafficking.[1]
Photos and video
Gendarmerie photo of the destroyed cannabis plantation in Huahine. Photo: gendarmeriePhoto details
The 42 kg weight was reported as approximate, with outlets saying about 42 kg, so no exact laboratory weight was published.
The incident date of 8 October 2025 is inferred from 8 octobre dernier in a 14 October 2025 publication and confirmed by 12 and 13 October reports dating the operation to Wednesday 8 October.
One passage calls the operation Tuesday 8 October, while 8 October 2025 was a Wednesday, a weekday discrepancy.
No arrests, charges or court outcome were reported; those responsible had not been identified and investigations were continuing.
The year-to-date gendarmerie tally of 17,524 plants, about 886 kg of herb, plus 64 kg of packaged herb, is a separate cumulative total left out of this single-seizure report.
Customs yearly cannabis totals and all ice and methamphetamine seizures, weights and consumption estimates in the same overview are separate events and substances excluded from cannabis figures.
All opened accounts repeat the gendarmerie version; no grower or independent account was available.
The TNTV page carries three additional inline photographs without individual captions or credits, and the other outlets appear to reuse the same gendarmerie handout, so only the main credited gendarmerie photo is listed to avoid guessing and duplication.
Gendarmes and Punaauia municipal police checked a car at the town hall and seized 4.90 g of cannabis handed over by the driver on 3 October 2026. All three occupants were placed in police custody, and the cannabis holder was summoned for 3 February 2027.
Customs seized 794 cannabis plants and 208 cuttings, about 513 kg, in Huahine and destroyed them on site. The raid was one of the largest cannabis seizures reported in the territory.
On 24 January 2024, gendarmes seized 298 cannabis plants at Mataura on the island of Tubuai, implicating four individuals. The French Polynesia gendarmerie said it had seized and destroyed 848 plants territory-wide since the start of 2024.
Gendarmes in Rurutu seized 460 pakalolo cannabis plants ranging from 20 cm to 2.5 m at a plantation on an unoccupied property in Moerai. A 34-year-old alleged repeat offender was placed in custody and was to appear in court.
