Two mules held at Réunion airport with 17 kg of cannabis resin
Customs officers at Roland-Garros airport in Saint-Denis, La Réunion, arrested two young women arriving from Paris with 17 kg of cannabis resin and 6 kg of cocaine on 10 November 2024. Both were brought before the Saint-Denis court on 13 November and remanded in custody after the prosecutor's office opened a judicial investigation.
🇫🇷 Roland-Garros airport, Saint-Denis, La Réunion · France
Customs officers searched two young women arriving at Roland-Garros airport in
Saint-Denis, La Réunion, on a flight from Paris on Sunday 10 November 2024, and
arrested them.[1]
Officers found 17 kg of cannabis resin and 6 kg of cocaine carried on the two
women, whom the reports describe as mules, the couriers of drug-trafficking
networks.[1]The resale value of the seized substances was estimated at
900,000 euros.[1]If the weight is confirmed, the seizure would be one of the
largest drug hauls ever made on La Réunion.[1]
Réunion La 1ère reports that the two women were handed to the drugs unit of the
Saint-Denis judicial police, the STPJ.[2]They were brought before the
Saint-Denis court on Wednesday 13 November 2024 for the opening of a judicial
investigation and a likely remand in custody.[1]The Saint-Denis prosecutor’s
office opened a judicial investigation, and the two were remanded in custody
while the investigation continues.[3]
Free Dom describes the two as young Réunionnaises in their twenties, while the
other accounts do not say where they are from.[3]Imaz Press, reporting as the
arrests were confirmed, put the cannabis resin at about fifteen kilos, below the
17 kg published by Réunion La 1ère, Ouest-France and Free Dom.[4]
Photos and video
Photo published with the account of the customs seizure at Roland-Garros airport in Saint-Denis; it is captioned as the customs seizure of cocaine and cannabis on 10 November 2024. Photo: Eddy Lemaistre / Ouest-FrancePhoto details
Free Domfreedom.frFRTrafic de plusieurs kilos de cocaïne : 2 jeunes Réunionnaises arrêtées à l'aéroport Roland-Garros
Imaz Press Réunionimazpress.comFRDeux femmes interpellées à l'aéroport, elles transportaient une vingtaine de kilos de drogues
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Ouest-France reports what the mules would have carried and ties the seizure-record claim to confirmation of the weight, so the 17 kg and 6 kg are provisional figures from sources close to the investigation.
No charge sheet was published; the reports do not say whether the women were placed under formal investigation or what offences they will be tried for.
The 6 kg of cocaine is part of the same seizure but is excluded from the cannabis figures; the 900,000 euro estimate covers both substances and cannot be split.
Imaz Press first reported about 15 kg of resin and more than 5 kg of cocaine; the report uses the 17 kg and 6 kg given by Réunion La 1ère, Ouest-France and Free Dom.
The reports give the women's ages only as being in their twenties and do not name them; Free Dom describes both as Réunionnaises.
Free Dom gives a total value of about one million euros rather than 900,000 euros, and no account gives a final court outcome.
Ouest-France's photo is credited to Eddy Lemaistre / Ouest-France; the Réunion La 1ère and Imaz Press pictures are generic or illustrative images of drugs, not of this seizure, so they are not listed.
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