Three arrested after 62.5 kg of cannabis found in Mauritius airport luggage
ADSU and customs officers found about 62.5 kg of cannabis in two passengers’ suitcases at SSR airport. Police arrested those passengers and a third man identified during questioning.
🇲🇺 Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Plaisance · Mauritius
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Arrested
3
Cannabis
62.5 kg
Value (official estimate)
MUR 94,500,000
ADSU and customs officers seized about 62.5 kg of cannabis at Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport on June 4, 2026; the reported estimated value was Rs 94.5 million.[1][2]
At the airport
Officers intercepted two passengers arriving on an Air Mauritius flight from London-Gatwick and found cannabis concealed in their four suitcases.[1][2]The two passengers were arrested at the airport.[1][2]During questioning, they identified a third passenger who had already left; ADSU and the Traffic Branch later arrested him.[1][2]
The three suspects were detained while the investigation continued under ADSU.[1][2]Neither report gives a later charging decision or court outcome.[1][2]
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.
Customs at Mauritius airport seized about 18 kg of suspected cannabis in 30 parcels worth Rs 22.4 million on 31 December 2025 from the luggage of a woman declaring herself a spiritual advisor from Alabama who returned to claim bags she first could not collect. She and two associates were arrested by the anti-drug unit.
