On 6 July 2026, the Supreme Court of Mauritius sentenced Geoffrey Kurson Imbe and Jean Lucandro Prudence to seven years’ penal servitude each and fined them Rs 50,000 each.[1][2] The case concerned a consignment that included 25.4569 kg of cannabis resin and 219.009 kg of heroin.[1][2]
The charges arose from the transport of the drugs on 29 April 2021.[1][2] The drugs were found a few days later in trenches on a plot near the Club Med Hotel at Pointe aux Canonniers, hidden beneath branches, chilli powder and fish scales.[1][2] The transport moved from Pereybère in a four-vehicle convoy that included a police officer’s vehicle.[1]
Imbe admitted transporting the consignment, while Prudence admitted facilitating the operation.[1][2]
The judge described them as lower-level participants rather than the organizers of the operation.[1][2] The court treated their cooperation as exceptional mitigation after both men gave detailed statements from prison and agreed to testify against people they identified as organizers.[1][2] The drugs remain held for later proceedings against the alleged organizers.[1][2]
The court said the time already spent in police and pre-trial detention would be credited against the sentences.[1][2] The sentence remained seven years for each man, despite the cooperation, because the judge said the scale and seriousness of the drug transport still required a substantial penalty.[1]
