Three Marseille street dealers held; two police injured in arrests
Anti-crime squad officers arrested three men selling cocaine and cannabis resin from Marseille streets on Sunday 8 November 2026, two in the 11th arrondissement and one in the 15th. Two officers were injured overpowering the third man, and all three were taken into police custody.
Anti-crime squad officers arrested two men selling drugs in the Escourtines
neighbourhood of Marseille’s 11th arrondissement shortly before 7 pm on Sunday 8
November 2026.[1]The two men, aged 40 and 24, were carrying 13 sachets of
cocaine and 5 of cannabis resin for sale.[1]A search of one of their homes
found a revolver and a 7.65 pistol with its magazine.[1]Both were taken into
police custody.[1]
About an hour later, around 8 pm, a third man selling drugs in the
Campagne-Lévêque housing estate drew the attention of night officers of the
northern anti-crime squad patrolling Marseille’s 15th arrondissement.[1]He
ran, dropping several sachets as he fled, and resisted when officers caught him.[1]Two officers were injured in the arrest, one in the right thumb and knees,
the other in the ribs, left hand, right elbow and knees.[1]Police seized110
grams of cocaine and took the 25-year-old into police custody.[1]
All three were held for selling cocaine and cannabis resin from the street, two
in the 11th arrondissement and one in the 15th.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
110 g
Injured
2
Agency
brigade anticriminalité (BAC), Marseille
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish (5 plants)
Activity
Sale
Setting
Street or public place
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Sources
La Provencelaprovence.comFRMarseille : 3 personnes arrêtées avec de la cocaïne et du cannabis, 2 policiers blessés lors de l'interpellation
Open questions the AI reported
No cannabis weight is given: the article counts 5 cannabis resin sachets, while the only measured seizure is 110 grams of cocaine.
No charges, court dates or investigation outcome are reported; the three were in police custody when the article was published.
The article says the cocaine and resin were for sale but names no prosecutor or offence classification.
A 24-year-old man was arrested in Montpellier's Saint-Martin neighbourhood on 8 November 2026 after offering to sell cannabis to an undercover anti-crime (BAC) officer, and three officers were needed to detain him when he bit one of them. Officers found 21 g of cannabis, a small amount of cocaine and cash nearby, and he is due in court on 10 November.
Police in Le Mans stopped a 22-year-old riding an electric scooter at high speed on the pavement on 8 November 2026 after he refused to stop, then found a substance that appeared to be cannabis resin on him. He was held in custody and is to be summoned in June 2027 under a fixed-penalty court order providing for 70 hours of unpaid work.
Police in Draguignan arrested one adult and two minors after finding nearly 2.5 kg of cannabis resin disguised as Dubai chocolate bars in their car. One of the three, who was to deliver the drugs, was referred to the prosecutor and placed under judicial supervision pending trial.
The nitrous-oxide seller linked to a December night crash at Kaysersberg Vignoble was arrested and cannabis was seized. The crash had injured two of four young occupants of a Peugeot 206.
