Two Malagasy nationals arrested after 140 g of cannabis found in a blender at Mauritius airport
ADSU officers and customs found about 140 grams of cannabis leaves hidden in the base of an electric blender carried by a 29-year-old Malagasy passenger arriving at Mauritius airport from Antananarivo on 15 October 2025. A controlled delivery the next morning led to a second arrest at Vallée-Pitot, and both men were placed in detention.
🇲🇺 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Plaisance, and Vallée-Pitot, Mauritius
Officers of the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit, working with customs, intercepted
a passenger arriving at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on the
evening of Wednesday 15 October 2025 on flight MK289 from Madagascar.[1]The
passenger, a 29-year-old driver from Antananarivo, was carrying a cardboard box
bearing a name and a Mauritian telephone number.[1]Inside the box,
investigators found an electric blender whose base held two sachets filled with
cannabis leaves, about 140 grams in all.[1]
Investigators then carried out a controlled delivery, watching the parcel until
someone came to collect it.[1]The next morning, Thursday 16 October, a second
suspect came to collect the parcel at Vallée-Pitot, and was arrested on the
spot.[1]A search of the second suspect’s home at Vallée-Pitot found no other
illicit product.[1]
Both suspects were placed in detention on the order of Superintendent
Imembaccus, the courier at the Vacoas detention centre and the recipient at the
Piton centre.[1]The investigation was continuing to establish the reach of
the network and to identify any accomplices.[1]
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Arrested
2
Cannabis
140 g
Agency
Anti Drug and Smuggling Unit
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Customs
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Airport, Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Plaines Wilhems
Route
Madagascar → Mauritius
Sources
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Only one account of this event was found; a republished copy on AllAfrica could not be opened.
The article states no market-value estimate for the cannabis and does not say who produced the roughly 140 g figure beyond describing it as approximate.
No charge, court appearance or later custody decision was reported for either man.
The airport operation and the Vallée-Pitot arrest are two steps of the same case, so 16 October 2025, the date of the second arrest, is used as the incident date.
The article does not say whether the cannabis was weighed after laboratory analysis, so 0.14 kg is the reported approximate weight.
Mauritian police have now arrested 18 people over about 1.5 tonnes of cannabis said to have been landed from the Thai yacht Dreamer off Round Island on 20 October 2026. The latest suspect, a port-zone employee held for allegedly driving three shore-pickup men, appeared on a provisional conspiracy charge as investigators named Mauritian-British suspect Nishal as the alleged sender.
ADSU officers arrested two young men aged 20 and 21 in Bois-des-Amourettes with 30.88 grams of cannabis in two sachets. A 15-year-old with them fled, and later home searches found nothing further.
ADSU officers arrested a 25-year-old electrician along Rue Madras at Camp-Levieux and found 44 cellophane wrappings of cannabis on him. Police also seized Rs 6,650 suspected to be drug-sale proceeds, and the suspect was placed in detention as the investigation continued.
ADSU officers searched Marie Noemy Chedy's home at Colville Deverelle, Cité La Cure, seizing 25.33 g of cannabis and Rs 260,875 in suspected drug proceeds. The 30-year-old was placed in police detention on a provisional drug-trafficking charge.
