Frontex JAD Mobile 9: 2,389 kg cannabis seized in Europe-wide operation
In Joint Action Days (JAD) Mobile 9, a 26-country cross-border operation led by Frontex with INTERPOL support, 2,389 kg of cannabis was seized among more than 7.4 tonnes of cocaine, 10.6 million cigarettes and 710 vehicles; 334 people were arrested across the campaign, which ran from 28 September to 9 October 2026.
🇫🇷 Europe-wide, Frontex-led operation; coordination centre in Warsaw · France
Cannabis
2.389 t
In operation Joint Action Days (JAD) Mobile 9, led by Frontex across 26
countries with INTERPOL support, more than 7.4 tonnes of cocaine and 2,389 kg of
cannabis were seized.[1]The 2,389 kg of cannabis was listed among the
operation’s seizure totals alongside 7,455 kg of cocaine, 44,600 benzodiazepine
pills and 10.6 million cigarettes.[2]
Officers carried out checks at border crossing points and ports, and 334 people
were arrested across the operation as a whole.[1]Frontex hosted the
coordination centre at its headquarters in Warsaw from 28 September to 9 October
2026.[1]
France acted as the operational leader for JAD Mobile 9, while Frontex was the
Action Leader and coordinator under EMPACT.[1]
Sources
Frontexfrontex.europa.euMore than 700 vehicles and 34 boats seized, 334 arrested in Europe-wide operation led by Frontex
The 2,389 kg of cannabis is a campaign-wide total across 26 countries; no specific seizure site or country for the cannabis was published.
The 334 arrests and 710 vehicles are operation-wide figures for the cross-border crime campaign, not specifically tied to the cannabis seizure, so they are not recorded as cannabis figures.
No date is given for the cannabis seizure itself; the operation ran 28 September to 9 October 2026 and the release is dated 26 October 2026, so 9 October (the end of the documented operation) is used as the incident date.
No value estimate for the cannabis was published.
The two sources are the Frontex release and an outlet reproducing it; no independent per-country account of the cannabis seizure was found.
Europol-coordinated Operation TorNado led to 23 arrests in France and the seizure of 50 kilograms of cannabis there, as part of 354 arrests and hundreds of house searches across 14 countries between May 2025 and October 2026. The cannabis was one substance among a multi-drug haul dominated by amphetamines, ketamine, MDMA and cocaine.
Prison staff at Riom found just under 450 grams of cannabis on a detainee after exercise-yard searches on 10 November 2026. The FO Justice union described it as one of the largest seizures since the prison opened in 2016.
Customs officers seized 40 kg of cannabis products from a Spanish UPS truck at the Fontaine toll on the A36 on 9 November 2026. Two Spain-based delivery drivers, aged 36 and 46, were detained after admitting they acted as “mules” for a load collected in Madrid.
Police seized about 100 kilos of drugs, mainly cannabis with some cocaine, from a nourrice stash flat supplying deal points in Vénissieux's Joliot-Curie sector. The reports give only a combined weight, so no cannabis-only quantity can be recorded.
