Seven people were found in possession of illicit products during the bus-control operation on line 105 and 106 buses at Goyave and were arrested on the spot.[1] The seven were placed in garde à vue, French police custody, the force said.[1] One of those arrested was a passenger found carrying a large quantity of cannabis.[2] Several other seizures of bags of cannabis intended for personal use were made during the checks.[2]

The operation ran on Friday 29 May 2026, late in the day, when the buses carry many passengers.[1] Gendarmes, customs officers, a sniffer-dog team and motorcyclists of the motorised brigade (BMO) took part, targeting public transport.[1] The action was led by the control service of CAR971, the Coopérative des autocars réunis, which operates the lines as the delegated interurban transport provider, with the Goyave gendarmerie brigade, the customs services and a dog team trained to detect drugs.[2] The buses serve lines 105 and 106 between Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre.[2] Two transport inspectors joined the checks to pick out the buses circulating in the Goyave area.[1]

A sworn private inspector of the CAR971 interurban transport service said the aim was to fight insecurity on public transport and the carriage of illicit products aboard buses.[2] The force’s statement said the joint operations showed the effectiveness of coordinated action against insecurity on public transport, illicit-product trafficking and everyday crime.[1] Further operations of the same kind are planned in the coming weeks in other communes of the archipelago.[1]