Mauritius FCC seizes two speedboats in 155.7 kg Réunion zamal case
Mauritius's Financial Crimes Commission seized two speedboats at suspect Ravindra Chimajee's home on 7 September 2026 in the investigation into a failed 155.7 kg cannabis shipment from Bras-Panon, Réunion, to Mauritius. The boats, documents and satellite phones were taken to the FCC headquarters for forensic examination.
🇲🇺 Ravindra Chimajee's home, Mauritius (asset seizure at the Financial Crimes Commission headquarters, Réduit Triangle) · Mauritius
Mauritius’s Financial Crimes Commission seized two speedboats at the home of
Ravindra Chimajee, one of the main suspects in the alleged zamal traffic between
Réunion and Mauritius, on 7 September 2026.[1]The two boats were taken away
on two trucks at the end of the afternoon and brought to the FCC headquarters at
Réduit Triangle.[1]Défimedia named the owner as Ravindra Chimajee and
reported that the boats were seized at his home on Monday 7 September.[2]
Forensic officers were to examine the cabin, the lockers and the cockpit for
cannabis traces.[1]Documents, satellite phones and other electronic devices
were also seized during the searches and were being analysed.[1]The FCC
searches also covered possible money laundering linked to the alleged network.[2]
The case began when gendarmes from Saint-Benoît watching the Rivière-du-Mât
sector of Bras-Panon arrested two men and seized 155.7 kg of cannabis valued at
about 100 kg, a haul the gendarmes later weighed in full.[1]Investigators
from the brigade des recherches de l’Est identified three other suspects, shared
the findings with Mauritius’s police, and a speedboat was seen near the shore
during the operation.[1]Ten people were being prosecuted over the attempted
shipment, five in Mauritius and five in Réunion.[1]Some Mauritian reports put
the Bras-Panon cargo at about 156 kg, while the Réunion account gives 155.7 kg.[2]
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Two speedboats of the kind seized at the home of the suspected organiser of the Réunion–Mauritius zamal traffic. Photo: screenshot, DéfimediaPhoto details
Defimedia.infodefimedia.infoFRTrafic présumé de 156 kg de zamal : deux bateaux saisis au domicile de Ravindra Chimajee
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The sources do not say which commune or district Ravindra Chimajee's home is in, so the place is recorded at country level.
The reports do not say whether any court order was needed for the seizure or how the FCC's criminal and civil seizure powers were used.
Whether the boats actually carried the 155.7 kg load remains a hypothesis the investigators said was still to be established.
The value of the boats, the documents and satellite phones, and the outcome of the analysis, were not reported.
Réunion La 1ère gives the Bras-Panon cargo as 155.7 kg while Défimedia writes 156 kg; the same article also describes the goods as estimated at about 100 kg before weighing.
No trial or charge directly linked to the boats had been reported at the time of the articles.
The Réunion La 1ère picture is a screenshot of a Défimedia image and the caption calls the boats 'similar' to those seized, so it may not show the seized vessels themselves.
The text gives a weight ("155.7 kg") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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