Man held with 50 g cannabis on patrol in Pointe-à-Pitre
Gendarmes on a routine patrol in Pointe-à-Pitre stopped a man and found 50 grams of packaged cannabis herb on him on 10 July 2026. The patrol was run by a mobile gendarmerie squadron from Toulouse deployed to Guadeloupe as reinforcements, and the gendarmerie presented the seizure as part of its drive to saturate the ground against trafficking.
Gendarmes on a routine patrol in the Pointe-à-Pitre company’s district stopped a
suspect and found 50 grams of cannabis herb on him, packaged and ready to be
resold or consumed.[1]The patrol was carried out by soldiers of Mobile
Gendarmerie Squadron (EGM) 31/6 from Toulouse, mainland reinforcements currently
deployed in Guadeloupe.[1]The Guadeloupe gendarmerie said the interception
took place on a Friday.[2]
Squadron 31/6 had been deployed to the archipelago for several weeks to back up
local gendarmerie units facing persistent criminal pressure.[2]
The gendarmerie said that whether large networks or local flows are involved,
the aim is to disrupt the underground economy and saturate the ground.[1]The
gendarmerie described the seizure as showing that each gram taken off the street
helps keep neighbourhoods calm.[1]
Photos and video
The 50 grams of cannabis herb seized by gendarmes during a patrol in Pointe-à-Pitre, described as packaged and ready for resale. Photo: Gendarmerie de GuadeloupePhoto details
InfoRadarinforadar.frFRPointe-à-Pitre : 50 g de cannabis saisis lors d’un contrôle, les gendarmes renforcent la lutte
Open questions the AI reported
The article gives no separate date for the patrol and interception; 10 July 2026 is the publication date and is used as the incident date, consistent with the Friday named by InfoRadar.
No charge, custody decision or court outcome was reported for the man intercepted.
The man was not named and no age or other identifying detail was published.
No separate gendarmerie statement could be opened directly; the second account republishes the France-Antilles facts, so the event rests substantially on one original report.
No street value, package count or individual package weights were published, so no value is recorded.
The InfoRadar account is an AI-written piece built on France-Antilles and is not independent reporting.
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