Customs seize 5 kg of cannabis herb from a speedboat off Martinique
French customs coastguard officers stopped a speedboat from Saint Lucia near the Martinique coast on 25 January 2026 and found more than 5 kg of cannabis herb hidden in the passengers' luggage, alongside 105.8 kg of smuggled cigarettes. The cannabis case was handed to the national police's territorial directorate in Martinique.
🇫🇷 Côtes de la Martinique (boat from Sainte-Lucie) · France
French customs coastguard officers, backed by the French armed forces in the
Antilles, stopped a speedboat on 25 January 2026 close to the Martinique coast.[1]The boat had set out from Saint Lucia and was heading for Martinique when
it was boarded close to the French coast.[2]
Escorted ashore and searched together with land-based customs officers, the boat
was found carrying cartons of cigarettes hidden in plastic bags.[1]The
cartons held more than 500 cartons of cigarettes weighing a total of 105.8 kg, a
tobacco seizure that falls outside the tracker’s cannabis scope.[3]
More than 5 kg of cannabis herb was also found hidden in the passengers’
luggage.[1]France-Antilles also reported five kilos of cannabis herb found
hidden in the luggage on board.[3]The investigation was handed to the
territorial directorate of the national police.[2]
France-Antilles reported that the seizure continued the French customs service’s
work in the Antilles against goods arriving illegally on the French Caribbean
islands.[3]
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Cannabis herb and cigarette cartons seized by French customs from the speedboat. Photo: Direction régionale des douanes et droits indirectsPhoto details
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