Nevers dealer tried over 245 g herb and 44 g resin found in 2025 raid
Damien Coulange, 34, appeared before the Nevers criminal court on 4 November 2026 over 245 g of cannabis herb and 44 g of resin found when police searched his flat for an unrelated armed-robbery case in September 2025. He admitted dealing to pay a drug debt while already serving five years for armed robbery, and the prosecutor requested three years of immediate imprisonment.
Damien Coulange, 34, appeared before the Nevers criminal court on 4 November
2026 from his remand prison by video link.[1]Police had searched his flat in
central Nevers in the early morning of 3 September 2025 as part of an
investigation into an armed robbery, and the search led to a separate drug case
against him.[1]He was already serving five years in prison after being
convicted at first instance and on appeal over the armed robbery.[1]
Officers found 245 g of cannabis herb and 44 g of cannabis resin at his home.[1]The search also turned up 640 euros in cash, phones, a precision scale, a
knife stained with cannabis and packaging bags.[1]He admitted dealing to
settle a drug debt, pay for his own future use and cover his daily expenses.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Cannabis
289 g
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Sale
Setting
Prison
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison
Sources
Le Journal du Centrelejdc.frFR“Je voulais pas revendre, mais je faisais pas d’effort non plus pour chercher du travail” : la lucidité d’un dealer de Nevers
Open questions the AI reported
The article is a subscriber piece and its accessible text stops at the prosecutor's closing request, so the sentence the court imposed is not known.
No crop area, plant count or estimated street value of the cannabis was published.
The 44 g of herb and 245 g of resin figures are as stated in the report, not laboratory weights.
The armed-robbery case that prompted the September 2025 search is a separate matter and is mentioned only in relation to the drug case.
Only one accessible source for this event was found; no separate police or court statement could be opened.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Journal du Centre: He told the court the dealing stressed him and that he chose the easy option rather than looking for work.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Journal du Centre: The presiding judge, Lydie Samour, asked who supplied him and he refused to say.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Journal du Centre: He had refused to unlock his phones after his arrest, telling investigators he did not want to put other people in difficulty.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Journal du Centre: The court noted that he had 20 previous convictions, with several drug-trafficking entries dating from before he was 18.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Journal du Centre: The prosecutor, Anne Lehaitre, said reintegration remained possible but asked for an immediate prison term of three years.
Eight people were placed under formal investigation and remanded in custody in Toulon over a drug-trafficking network centred on the Val-des-Rougières estate in Hyères. Searches after the 3 November 2026 raids in four Var towns seized 7.7 kg of cannabis resin, 1 kg of herbal cannabis, €35,600 and two pistols.
A van caught fire on the A9 near Vergèze on 25 October 2026, revealing about 150 kg of burning cannabis resin alongside cigarettes and perfumes. The Brussels-based driver, tried for drug trafficking in Nîmes, was acquitted on the benefit of the doubt after saying he thought he was carrying olive oil.
Nineteen suspects were referred to the Paris criminal court over a network that allegedly paid for Guadeloupe-routed cocaine with cannabis shipped from mainland France. A twentieth suspect, jailed in Spain, will not stand trial with them, and a 3 November hearing will set the trial calendar.
Nine people aged 22 to 32 were placed under formal investigation at Nanterre between 16 and 22 October 2026 over a cannabis network that ran from a CBD farm in the Hérault, near Montpellier, to dealers in the Val-d’Oise and northern Hauts-de-Seine. Eight were remanded in custody and one woman was released under judicial supervision.
