Five arrested as 90 zamal plants and 9 kg found in Le Port house
Police in Le Port, Réunion, arrested five people on 19 June 2026 after a cannabis smell led them to two indoor growing rooms in rue de Camp, where they seized 90 zamal plants and 9 kg of cannabis herb. Three suspects aged 18 to 30 were brought before judges on 22 June for a fast-track trial.
Police in Le Port arrested five people suspected of cannabis trafficking on
Friday 19 June 2026.[1]Officers of the neighbourhood unit, with a reservist
and the anti-crime squad (BAC), were patrolling Le Port when a strong cannabis
smell led them to a house in rue de Camp.[1]Inside they found two indoor
cannabis growing rooms, growing zamal, the local Réunion word for cannabis.[1]
The operation dismantled two fully equipped growing rooms with all the material
needed to produce cannabis.[2]Officers seized 90 zamal plants and 9 kg of
cannabis herb intended for sale, the figures reported by Réunion La 1ère.[1]Le Quotidien de La Réunion also reported 90 plants and several kilos of packaged
cannabis herb meant for the local market.[2]Imaz Press put the seizure at 105
plants and about 30 kg of herb, attributing that account to the police or to its
own information.[3]LINFO reported that officers found 105 zamal plants and 30
kg of cannabis herb intended for resale.[4]Imaz Press said the operation
followed a tip-off and involved the dog unit, the GSP400 public-security and
proximity group, the judicial action group and the BAC.[3]
The three suspects were held in police custody before being brought before
prosecutors for an immediate-appearance hearing (comparution immédiate, a
fast-track trial).[2]Three people aged between 18 and 30 were presented to
judges in Saint-Denis on Monday 22 June for that fast-track hearing.[1]The
police union Alliance Police Nationale 974 publicly praised the officers
involved.[2]Stéphane Patché, departmental delegate of Alliance Police
Nationale, said such hidden indoor crops escape drone reconnaissance and appear
to be increasing on the island.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Imaz Press Réunionimazpress.comFRLe Port : cinq personnes interpellées pour trafic de stupéfiants, 30 kilos d'herbes et 105 pieds de zamal saisis
LINFO.relinfo.reFRLe Port : 105 pieds de zamal et 30kg d’herbe de cannabis saisis, trois personnes interpellées
Open questions the AI reported
The plant count is disputed: Réunion La 1ère, Le Quotidien, Zinfos974 and Free Dom report 90 plants, while Imaz Press and LINFO report 105 plants.
The weight is disputed: Réunion La 1ère gives 9 kg, Imaz Press and LINFO about 30 kg, and the other outlets only say several kilos. The 9 kg figure is recorded.
The number of arrested people is disputed: Réunion La 1ère and Imaz Press report five arrests, while most outlets report three interpellations.
No outcome of the 22 June fast-track hearing was reported; the three suspects' charges and sentences are unknown.
No plant, area or cannabis value was published in any opened account.
Le Quotidien's 12 August report on a Le Port trio covers a different case (26 plants and about 7.06 kg across two homes) that also began on 19 June, and is left out here.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Free Dom: Free Dom, citing the union, reported three arrests, two growing rooms and 90 plants, with several kilos of herb intended for sale.
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.
Réunion gendarmes dismantled a cannabis operation in isolated old farm buildings at Saint-Joseph on 29 November 2025, seizing 1,734 growing plants and 130 drying ones, for 2,337 plants weighing about 80 kg. Two men were arrested and placed in pre-trial detention while the investigation into drug trafficking continued.
Police in Saint-Pierre, Réunion, dismantled a family cannabis operation run from an indoor grow room lit by lamps, seizing 32 kilograms of plants, 26,000 euros in cash, a top-of-the-range car and a motorbike. Six people were placed in police custody.
