Three arrested over 36-plant cannabis grow in Redessan hangar
Gendarmes arrested three people, two men and a woman aged 26 to 46, and found 36 cannabis plants in a hangar in Redessan, Gard, on 26 October 2026. All three were placed in police custody and brought before the Nîmes judicial court on 29 October, facing up to 10 years in prison.
Gendarmesarrested three people, two men and a woman aged 26 to 46, at a hangar
in Redessan on 26 October 2026.[1]It formed part of a judicial inquiry into
drug trafficking.[1]Officers moved in at around 6am.[1]All three were
placed in police custody (garde à vue).[2]
Inside, officers found 36 cannabis plants growing in an elaborate makeshift
greenhouse protected by video surveillance and security equipment.[1]They
also found €6,000 in cash.[1]Midi Libre put the total value of the
merchandise at nearly €50,000.[1]The 46-year-old suspect, from the
Alpes-Maritimes, rented the hangar and grew the plants himself.[1]Midi Libre
described him as the suspected organiser of the network.[1]
InfOccitanie reported that the network operated in the suburbs of Nîmes and in
departments bordering the Gard.[3]All three were brought before the Nîmes
judicial court on 29 October over unauthorised production, possession,
transport, acquisition and sale of narcotics, and laundering.[2]
Photos and video
The hangar in Redessan where gendarmes found 36 cannabis plants. Photo: Gendarmerie de Nîmes, published by Midi Libre.Photo details
Midi Libre's headline and opening paragraph said 'nearly 36 plants', while its body and ICI reported 36; the report uses 36.
No weight was published for the cannabis, so no kilogram figure is included.
No court outcome or sentence was reported after the 29 October appearance; the 10-year term is the maximum penalty the suspects face, not a sentence.
The reports do not name the three suspects or give the hangar's street address; the map uses Redessan village centre.
Midi Libre's article is paywalled after its opening paragraphs; the court step comes from ICI and InfOccitanie.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in InfOccitanie: The operation was run by the narcotics group of the Nîmes gendarmerie research brigade.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in ICI: The other two suspects, a woman of 39 and a man of 26, were suspected of reselling the cannabis produced in the greenhouse.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in ICI: They face up to 10 years in prison.
Police ran two security operations in Pointe-à-Pitre on 28 and 29 September 2026, in Mortenol and at the Péricarpin and Cipolin housing estates, and arrested two people. Officers found about fifty sachets containing cocaine and cannabis herb during the second operation.
Police arrested five people during a 21 September 2026 operation in Bergevin, Pointe-à-Pitre, seizing more than 6 kg of cannabis herb from a dwelling and common areas. Four arrests were linked to suspected drug trafficking, while one person was wanted on an arrest warrant and another faced an order to leave France.
On the morning of 29 August 2026 police found about 1,000 indoor cannabis plants and roughly 80 kg of plants and harvest in a storage box at the rear of a hangar on rue d’Orchies in Landas, Nord; the SIPJ drugs squad is investigating and no suspects were named.
While evacuating a Roma camp near the Prairie de Mauves during a 20 July 2026 fire, Nantes police found about 150 to 200 cannabis plants; after the blaze was controlled on 21 July they uprooted the remainder and opened a judicial inquiry.
