More than 200 cannabis plants destroyed at Le Port
Police at Le Port, Réunion, destroyed more than 200 seized cannabis plants on the morning of 1 April 2026. The plants came from several drug-trafficking cases handled by the Le Port station in the previous weeks.
On the morning of Wednesday 1 April 2026, more than 200 seized cannabis plants
were destroyed at Le Port, Réunion.[1]Its headline describes more than 200
seized cannabis plants destroyed at Le Port.[1]Its standfirst says the
destroyed plants came from several drug-trafficking cases.[1]
The Réunion National Police shared a video showing the destruction of more than
200 cannabis plants at Le Port.[1]The destroyed plants had been seized in
several drug-trafficking cases handled by the Le Port police station during the
previous few weeks.[1]Its main text says the seizures came from several
trafficking cases processed by the commissariat of Le Port in a few weeks.[1]
LINFO.re published its report on the destruction on 1 April 2026, crediting Eva
Francoise as author.[1]The page credits its photograph of the destroyed
cannabis to the Facebook page of the Police Nationale de la Réunion.[1]The
police video was the source of the report’s account of the destruction.[1]
Photos and video
Destroyed cannabis plants seized by Le Port police. Photo: Facebook Police Nationale de la Réunion via LINFO.rePhoto details
Gendarmes searching a home in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, in an armed-violence inquiry found 193 cannabis plants spread over three fitted-out growing spaces, plus dried cannabis and ventilation equipment. The resident was placed in police custody on suspicion of drug offences.
Customs officers at Roland-Garros airport arrested a 20-year-old man arriving from Paris on 10 September 2026 with 37 kg of cannabis resin and 15 kg of cocaine. The court later found him guilty and sentenced him to five years in prison with continued detention and a five-year ban from Réunion.
On 19 March 2025 gendarmes from the departmental road-safety squad (EDSR) found two illegal outdoor cannabis crops totalling 592 plants on Réunion, destroyed the plants and placed two people in garde à vue before summons to court. The sources do not name the communes.
Gendarmes of the Saint-Gilles brigade found an open-air zamal plantation at a resident's home in Saline-les-Hauts, Réunion, during a search on 4 February 2016 and, on the prosecutor's orders, uprooted and destroyed nearly 300 plants weighing 640 kilos. The gendarmerie said two people were implicated and would answer for their acts before the competent court.
