Grand-Bois mason, 24, arrested with 186 cannabis plants at his home
ADSU officers searched a 24-year-old mason's home in Grand-Bois at 6.10 am on Sunday 8 November 2026, uprooting 186 cannabis plants and seizing 0.9 grams of cannabis. The man was arrested and placed in police detention, and the investigation was continuing.
Officers of the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU), the Mauritian police’s drug
squad, searched the home of a 24-year-old mason living in Grand-Bois at 6.10 am
on Sunday 8 November 2026.[1]
During the search officers found a piece of printed paper holding 0.9 grams of
cannabis.[1]The officers also found an illegal cannabis crop at the property
and uprooted 186 plants measuring between 3 cm and 40 cm in height, with a total
weight of 36 grams.[1]
The man was arrested after the seizure and placed in police detention.[1]The
investigation was continuing.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Plants destroyed
186
Cannabis
36.9 g
Agency
Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (ADSU)
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (900 mg); Living plants (36 g, 186 plants)
Activity
Cultivation, Possession
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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Open questions the AI reported
No charges, court date or court outcome were reported; the man was in police detention and the investigation was continuing.
The source gives no further address for the home beyond Grand-Bois.
The 36 grams is the combined weight of the 186 uprooted plants, not dried cannabis, so it is not recorded as a separate dried-weight figure; the 0.9 grams of cannabis found in the paper is recorded with it as 0.0369 kg.
Only one accessible source for this event was found after searching in French and English.
No product form beyond cannabis was specified for the 0.9 grams found in the paper, so it is recorded as flower.
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