30-year-old woman held with 25.33 g cannabis in Cité La Cure
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.
Officers of the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit’s Abercrombie branch searched the
home of Marie Noemy Chedy, a 30-year-old who lives at Colville Deverelle in Cité
La Cure.[1]The operation was conducted under the supervision of Inspector
Conhyedoss.[1]After the search, Chedy was placed in police detention.[1]She was put under a provisional charge of drug trafficking.[1]
During the search, officers seizedRs 260,875 that police suspect came from the
sale of drugs.[1]Officers also seized at the home a parcel containing 25.33
grams of cannabis.[1]The cash and the cannabis parcel were discovered during
the home search at Colville Deverelle.[1]
The Cité La Cure search was one of two Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit operations
carried out on Tuesday at La Gaulette and Cité La Cure.[1]ADSU stands for the
Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit, the agency that conducted the Tuesday operations.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article published on 5 November 2026 says only Tuesday for the operations, so 3 November 2026 is used as the incident date by inference.
Only one accessible source for the Cité La Cure operation was found after searching in French and English.
No laboratory confirmation for the seized cannabis was reported.
No outcome of the provisional drug-trafficking charge was reported.
The same article also reports the separate La Gaulette seizure of 1,048 g and Rs 461,400, which is already recorded in mauritius-la-gaulette-1048g-arrest and is left out of this report's figures.
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.
Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit officers arrested 26-year-old Daniel François Laridain at his home in Le Petit Morne, La-Gaulette, seizing 1,048 g of suspected cannabis and Rs 461,400 in suspected proceeds. He was held at Vacoas and appeared on a provisional drug-trafficking charge, with a separate money-laundering inquiry opened.
