Monaco bus driver jailed six months for driving under cannabis
Monaco's criminal court sentenced a 45-year-old bus driver to six months in prison, five of them suspended, for driving under the influence of cannabis during his shift on 11 February 2026. An elderly passenger fell and fractured her hip when he braked; blood tests found active THC, and the court also banned him from driving in Monaco for five years.
A bus driver for the Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco braked on the avenue des
Spélugues on 11 February 2026 to avoid a scooter.[1]An elderly passenger
fell inside the bus and fractured her hip.[1][2]
Police tested the driver after the incident: the alcohol test was negative and
the drug test positive.[1]Blood taken at Princess Grace Hospital showed THC
at 1.8 ng/mL, which the court said meant he was under the influence of cannabis
at the time, and THC-COOH at 41.8 ng/mL, which it said showed a habit of
use.[1]
On Friday 13 February 2026 the criminal court sentenced the 45-year-old Italian,
who had worked for the company since December 2023 and had no criminal record,
to six months in prison, five of them suspended, and banned him from driving in
Monaco for five years.[1][2]
The driver said he had bought a CBD product in Ventimiglia to relax and did not
know it contained THC; the court rejected that explanation.[1]The court
ordered the unsuspended month to be served and he returned to the remand
prison.[1]
It was the first conviction under Monaco’s law of 14 November 2025 strengthening
road safety, which raised penalties for professional drivers.[1][3]Prosecutors brought no separate charge of unintentional injury, saying video
showed the bus moving at 10 to 15 km/h and braking normally.[1]
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Arrested 1Charged 1Prison 3 yearsCash confiscated NOK 191,450
Monaco's Criminal Court sentenced a 44-year-old taxi driver to eight months in prison after officers found him slumped over his running car near the Wurtemberg roundabout with drugs in his system. Searches found THC vape products at 88% THC alongside cocaine, medication and weapons, and the court also banned him from taxi work for five years.
Monaco's criminal court on 24 March 2026 jailed Mehdi P. for one year and gave Dalida B. eight months with six suspended after Public Security seized 1.7 kg of pre-rolled cannabis and resin from their car on avenue d'Ostende on 6 March; both were banned ten years.
Charged 2Cannabis 1.7 kgPrison 1 year firm (Mehdi P.); 8 months with 6 suspended (Dalida B.)
A Monegasque man born in 1956, with a clean record, was tried for possession and use of narcotics after a search of his home found 15.62 g of cannabis, a CBD spray and CBD chewing gum. The prosecutor cited a ministerial order banning cannabis and its derivatives, including CBD, even at low THC levels, and asked for three months suspended.