Gendarmes seize 80 zamal plants in a La Possession courtyard
Gendarmes from the autonomous territorial brigade of La Possession found 80 zamal plants growing in the courtyard of a family home during an intervention and seized them all. The gendarmerie announced the haul on Facebook; no arrests, charges or court outcome were reported.
Gendarmes of the autonomous territorial brigade of La Possession seized 80 zamal
plants, the Réunion name for cannabis, in the courtyard of a family home in La
Possession.[1]The discovery came during an intervention by the gendarmes at
the home of Possession residents.[1]
Le Quotidien de La Réunion reports that the gendarmes seized all of the plants
found at the property.[2]The gendarmerie publicised the seizure in a Facebook
post, saying it illustrated the daily mobilisation of gendarmes against illicit
cultivation and drug trafficking.[1]
The authorities did not state the exact date of the seizure.[1]Neither
account reports an arrest, a charge, a custody decision or a court outcome over
the 80 plants or the family at whose home they were found.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Gendarmes seized 156 kg of cannabis packed in 10 sacks as two men prepared to load them onto a boat on the seafront at Bras-Panon, Réunion, on 26 July 2026. Both were arrested and brought before a prosecutor; investigators say the haul was bound for Mauritius.
Gendarmes in Réunion broke up a suspected drug-importation network on 30 June 2026 after customs intercepted a US air-freight parcel holding 70 kg of cannabis resin worth over 1.7 million euros. Six people were arrested, and searches also recovered cash, cocaine and vehicles; most suspects were placed in pre-trial detention.
National police in Saint-André, Réunion, found more than 30 kg of zamal after patrolling officers were drawn to a private home by a strong smell of cannabis on 14 April 2026. An investigation was opened and no arrest or charge was reported.
Gendarmes arrested 18 people in Réunion and mainland France on 25 October 2025 and found 497 bars of cannabis resin, more than 50 kg, hidden in new vehicles aboard the Grand Hero at Port Est the next day. One suspect was a docker suspected of facilitating the imports, and the gendarmerie valued the resin at more than one million euros.
