ADSU uproots 72 cannabis plants at five sites across Mauritius
ADSU officers uprooted 72 cannabis plants at five abandoned and forest sites on 18 September 2026, helped at some sites by police helicopter sightings. No grower was found and the investigations continue.
Officers of the ADSU anti-drug unit ran a series of operations during Friday 18 September 2026, helped in some sectors by sightings from the Police Helicopter Squadron.[1]They uprooted 72 cannabis plants from abandoned land and forest zones.[1]The account was published on 20 September.[1]
The first intervention came at 7.42am in a forest at Citron Donis, where 7 plants of 5 to 20 cm were seized, followed at 8.15am by 7 more plants of 15 to 25 cm in the Anse Raffin forest.[1]Officers later uprooted 5 plants of 35 cm to 1.50 m in the Tamarin woods at 10.30am, then 29 plants of 10 to 65 cm on abandoned land at Bambous Virieux at about 11.30am.[1]
A final sweep at 12.30pm on fallow land at Anse Jonchée recovered 24 plants of 30 cm to 1.10 m.[1]The growers remain unknown and inquiries are ongoing.[1]
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Police uprooted 347 cannabis plants hidden in a sugarcane field at Petite-Retraite on 9 November 2026. No growers were identified and an investigation was opened to trace those responsible.
CID officers found 77 cannabis plants, 17–37 cm tall and valued at Rs 375,000, on wasteland at Saint-Julien on 2 November 2026. No suspect appeared during surveillance, so police uprooted and seized the plants while the inquiry to identify those involved continues.
Police uprooted and seized 3,100 cannabis plants from a sugarcane field along the Royal Road in Crève-Cœur, Mauritius. The plants were 10–56 cm tall and were assigned an estimated market value of Rs 12.4 million; the cultivators had not been identified by 10 October.
A police helicopter spotted a cannabis plantation hidden among sugar cane in south-east Mauritius. Anti-drug officers then found two plots on abandoned land and uprooted 7,414 plants; no one was there and no arrests were made.
