On 18 December 2025 gendarmes uprooted 350 cannabis plants from a field at Plateau-Caillou, in the highlands of Saint-Paul, Réunion.[1] The uprooting was made possible with the support of gendarmes mobiles from the 18/9 squadron of Chauny, deployed in support of the territorial units.[1]

Following intelligence gathered by the community of brigades, a large cannabis plantation was found in a field, among banana plants and other fruit trees.[2] All 350 plants were uprooted and loaded onto lorries for destruction.[2] The operation involved about ten gendarmes for the whole of the morning.[2]

The Réunion gendarmerie said the operation shows the effectiveness and complementarity of its forces.[1] No arrests were reported, and judicial follow-up had not been known at publication.[2] Similar operations had been run in September in La Possession and Saint-Louis, where nearly 200 plants were uprooted.[2]