56 kg Réunion cannabis seized from speedboat at Grand-Baie
Mauritian officers seized 56.1 kg of cannabis and 3.31 kg of hashish from an abandoned speedboat at Grand-Baie on 16 December 2021 after a tip from Réunion gendarmes. The occupants fled and were still sought as investigators linked the Réunion load to a 33 kg seizure the previous month.
Mauritian officers intercepted a speedboat at Grand-Baie.[1]Inspectors had
been waiting for the boat thanks to information from Réunion gendarmes.[1]A
National Coast Guard patrol noticed the speedboat.[2]The occupants abandoned
the boat near the beach opposite the Royal Palm hotel.[2]Officers from ADSU
Northern and ADSU Central were called to the scene.[2]Investigators have been
reviewing CCTV and Safe City camera footage to identify the fugitives, who are
still sought.[2]
Officers found 11 sacks holding 56.1 kilos of cannabis in the speedboat.[2]Officers also found three plastic sacks holding 3.31 kilos of hashish in the
same boat.[2]Officers also found 37 boxes of cigarette rolling paper in the
boat.[2]Officers also found 20 boxes of psychotropes in the speedboat.[2]The load was expected to be sold easily for the end-of-year festivities.[1]The drugs were reported to have come from Réunion.[2]
Réunion outlets describe the 56 kg load as zamal from Réunion.[3]On 17
November 2021, Réunion officers had intercepted a Mauritian boat about a month
earlier.[1]Officers had found 33 kg of zamal aboard that first boat.[1]It
was that first case that led the sister island’s officers to intercept the
second load.[1]
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LINFO.relinfo.reFRUne cargaison de 56kg de zamal de La Réunion interceptée à Maurice
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The published valuations conflict, with Réunion La 1ère reporting Rs 100 million for the cannabis, IonNews reporting more than Rs 56 million for the total haul and LINFO.re reporting a loss of 2 million euros, so no value is recorded.
Arrest accounts conflict, with Réunion La 1ère mentioning four arrests while IonNews and LINFO.re said the occupants fled and were still sought, so no arrested figure is recorded.
The hashish is reported as exactly 3.31 kilos by IonNews and as more than 3 kilos by LINFO.re; the report uses the exact figure and adds it to the 56.1 kilos of herbal cannabis for 59.41 kilos.
Non-cannabis items found in the boat, including rolling papers, psychotropes and sexual stimulant boxes, are mentioned only to explain the event and are excluded from cannabis figures.
The 33 kg seizure of 17 November 2021 is a separate earlier enforcement event and its weight is excluded from this report’s figures.
No charges, court outcome or identified suspects were reported beyond the search for the fugitives.
Anti-drug and customs officers arrested three Malaysian nationals at Plaisance airport after finding 70 packets of cannabis weighing 76 kg in their suitcases. The group had arrived from Dubai on flight EK 709 and was placed in police detention after a controlled delivery failed to draw the intended recipients.
Officers seized 10.94 kg of cannabis valued at Rs 16.41 million at SSR International Airport on 2 November 2026 and arrested a 30-year-old arriving from Dubai. A same-day controlled delivery was stopped on 3 November without a reported explanation.
Customs officers at Mauritius airport stopped a 70-year-old Malaysian man arriving on flight MK647 from Malaysia on 15 September 2026 and found 6.18 kg of cannabis hidden among clothing in his luggage, worth Rs 9.27 million. He was handed to the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit with the exhibits.
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.
