One year firm for 1.7 kg cannabis found on avenue d'Ostende traffic stop
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.
🇲🇨 Avenue d'Ostende, Monaco
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Charged
2
Cannabis
1.7 kg
Prison
1 year firm (Mehdi P.); 8 months with 6 suspended (Dalida B.)
On 6 March 2026 Public Security officers stopped a shabby-looking car on avenue d’Ostende and
found 1.7 kg of product in the boot, packed in eleven cartons as more than 1,200 pre-rolled
cigarettes and a slab of resin.[1][2]The driver Mehdi P., 39, and passenger Dalida B.,
35, both from Marseille, told police they were selling CBD and had failed to offload the load
in Menton before visiting Monaco’s casinos.[1][2]
Lab tests showed every sample above 0.3% THC, up to 1.88%, so Monaco treated the lot as
cannabis; unlike France, the principality bans CBD by ministerial order.[1][2]After
96 hours in custody the pair faced immediate trial on 24 March 2026, with prosecutor Emmanuelle
Carniello citing Mehdi P.’s prior drug record and undisclosed work for his “trainee”.[1][2]
The court followed her requests: one year in prison for Mehdi P., eight months with six
suspended for Dalida B., a ten-year ban from Monaco and confiscation of the car and drugs.[1][2]Both returned to Monaco’s remand prison after the hearing.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
2
Cannabis
1.7 kg
Prison
1 year firm (Mehdi P.); 8 months with 6 suspended (Dalida B.)
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor, Court
Cannabis
Hashish (1.7 kg)
Activity
Sale
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sources
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