921 g of cannabis resin seized in 3-day Le Pontet prison search
Officers searching Avignon-Le Pontet prison from 26 to 28 October 2026 seized 921 grams of cannabis resin, including 650 grams in a single cell, plus phones, knives and chargers. The FO Justice union said trafficking continues inside the walls and called for more searches and anti-drone measures.
🇫🇷 Centre pénitentiaire d'Avignon-Le Pontet, Le Pontet · France
Officers at the Avignon-Le Pontet penitentiary centre searched the entire
establishment from 26 to 28 October 2026.[1]The intensified checks, ordered
by the new management, covered the remand wing, the detention centre and the
visiting rooms.[1]Only 20 cells were searched, whereas such totals are
ordinarily reached when about 50 cells are visited.[1]
The operation seized 17 mobile phones, 921 grams of cannabis resin, two knives
and 11 chargers.[1]The same tally also listed 186 grams of suspected cocaine,
with laboratory analyses still under way.[1]Officers also seized a
PlayStation 4 controller and an Amazon key among other multimedia items.[1]Of
the 921 grams of cannabis, 650 grams were found in a single detention-centre
cell, which union representative Clément Lopez said was not for personal use.[1]Another 50 grams was reported seized in the visiting rooms.[1]The FO
Justice prison union account lists 921 grams of resin-type drugs in its tally of
the searches.[2]
Lopez said trafficking continues inside the walls and blamed drones that overfly
the prison every night.[1]The union called for more frequent sector searches,
phone detectors, new anti-projection netting and a more effective anti-drone
system.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
921 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
La Provencelaprovence.comFRTéléphones, 1 kg de cannabis, couteaux, chargeurs et manettes de console… Saisies en cascade au sein de la prison du Pontet
FO Justicefojustice.frFRPrison d’Avignon-le-Pontet : Trafics en Détention – Les Agents Tiennent, Les Moyens Manquent !
Open questions the AI reported
The incident date of 28 October 2026 is the end of the reported 26-28 October search operation, not a single seizure date.
The FO Justice page writes “Saisies du 26 novembre au 28 novembre” although it was published on 30 October 2026; the report uses the October dates given in the detailed account.
It is unclear whether the 50 grams reported seized in the visiting rooms is included in the 921-gram cannabis total.
The 186 grams of suspected cocaine are excluded from cannabis figures because analyses were still under way.
No arrests, charges or court outcomes were reported for this search operation.
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