Réunion gendarmes destroy 592 cannabis plants in two outdoor plots
On 19 March 2025 gendarmes from the departmental road-safety squad (EDSR) found two illegal outdoor cannabis crops totalling 592 plants on Réunion, destroyed the plants and placed two people in garde à vue before summons to court. The sources do not name the communes.
🇷🇪 Réunion (two outdoor sites, localities not named) · Réunion
On Wednesday 19 March 2025, gendarmes from the Escadron Départemental de Sécurité Routière
(EDSR) of the Réunion gendarmerie, working on an enquiry, found two illegal outdoor cannabis
plantations on the island.[1][2]
The two sites held 592 cannabis plants in total; gendarmes destroyed all of them.[1][2]Two
people were placed in garde à vue and received summons to appear before the courts.[1][2]
Press summaries published in May 2025 reproduce the gendarmerie account but do not locate the
plots beyond “two cultures” on Réunion.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
592
Agency type
Gendarmerie, Court
Cannabis
Living plants (592 plants)
Activity
Cultivation
Setting
Field
Grown
Outdoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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