Two held after gendarmes raid Gujan-Mestras drug flat with 839 g cannabis
Gendarmes arrested two men from Bordeaux, aged 15 and 20, at a weekend short-term rental in Gujan-Mestras and seized 596 grams of cannabis resin and 243 grams of herb. The pair were brought before the Bordeaux court on 5 November, the adult in immediate-appearance proceedings and the minor at a children's court hearing.
Gendarmesarrested two men from Bordeaux, aged 15 and 20, at a short-term
furnished flat in Gujan-Mestras where they had been selling drugs over a
weekend.[1]A report reached the Gujan-Mestras gendarmerie in the middle of
the afternoon on Sunday 1 November.[1]
At the flat officers seized596 grams of cannabis resin, 243 grams of cannabis
herb, 47 grams of cocaine, 99 grams of ketamine and 860 euros in cash.[1]
The two were held in police custody and brought before the Bordeaux judicial
court on Thursday 5 November, in immediate-appearance proceedings for the adult
and a guilt hearing at the children’s court for the minor.[1]
A neighbour’s tip and a rapid gendarmerie response ended a short-lived drug-dealing operation in Gujan-Mestras, where gendarmes of the local brigade were alerted on Sunday 1 November 2026.[2]A photograph of the gendarmes’ haul from the operation shows cannabis herb alongside ketamine and cocaine.[2]
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The seizure made on Sunday 1 November in Gujan-Mestras, as photographed for the gendarmerie. Photo: Gendarmerie nationalePhoto details
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Source: Sud OuestThe gendarmes' seizure in Gujan-Mestras, with cannabis herb, ketamine and cocaine laid out. Photo: La Dépêche du BassinPhoto details
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