Student held at Réunion airport with over 8 kg cannabis resin
Customs officers at Roland-Garros Airport arrested a Réunionese university student arriving from the Paris region with more than 8 kg of cannabis resin in his luggage. After custody, he was presented to the Saint-Denis prosecutor and tried on 1 July 2026 under the immediate-trial procedure.
Customs officers at Roland-Garros Airport in Saint-Denis arrested a Réunionese
student in his twenties when he landed on Saturday 27 June 2026, stopping him as
he came through the airport with his luggage.[1]The arrested student is
enrolled at the University of Réunion and was previously unknown to the police
services.[1]He had been spending holidays in the Paris region and was
travelling back to Réunion when customs officers intercepted him.[1]
Officers searching his suitcases discovered more than eight kilograms of
cannabis resin hidden in his baggage.[1]Photographs released by Réunion
Customs show the seized resin packed across several bags.[1]The seizure was
presented as the latest case in the drug trafficking that continues to affect
Réunion.[1]
After the airport interception, officers placed the student in garde à vue,
where he was held for questioning before the judicial follow-up.[1]He was
then presented to the public prosecutor in Saint-Denis and tried on Wednesday 1
July 2026 under the comparution immédiate procedure for immediate trial.[1]
Photos and video
Customs photo of the seized cannabis resin packed across several bags. Photo: Douanes de La RéunionPhoto details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Cannabis
8 kg
Agency type
Customs, Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Airport
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
Réunion La 1èrela1ere.franceinfo.frFRPlus de huit kilos de résine de cannabis dans ses bagages : un étudiant réunionnais interpellé à l’aéroport Roland-Garros
Open questions the AI reported
The Saturday arrest is inferred as 27 June 2026 from the 2 July publication date and the reference to trial on Wednesday 1 July.
The source gives the weight only as more than eight kilograms, so 8 kg is recorded as the stated lower bound.
The student was not named in the available account.
No outcome of the 1 July immediate trial was reported.
Only one accessible account of this event could be opened after searching for a second report.
Gendarmes in Saint-Benoît, Réunion, took a man into custody on 3 October 2026 during an armed-violence inquiry and searched his home. They seized 46 zamal cannabis plants, 5.9 kg of cannabis, three firearms, 411 rounds, growing equipment and 305 euros.
Réunion gendarmes arrested a fruit and vegetable seller in front of the Roches Maigres vocational school in Saint-Louis on 26 August 2026 after watching him sell zamal, finding 1.484 kg of zamal and 16,729 euros under his stand and at his home. He faces prosecution for dealing beside a school, an aggravating circumstance.
Police in Le Port, Réunion, arrested a wanted man on 16 July 2026 after tracing a strong cannabis smell to a building stairwell; three officers were hurt when he resisted. He faced allegations of drug use, rebellion and escape and was due for an immediate-appearance trial on 20 July.
Gendarmes arrested twelve people on 13 April 2026, seven on Réunion and five in the Paris region, after dismantling a drug network that used air mules to fly narcotics to the island. Searches found 14.3 kg of cannabis resin among the drugs, which the gendarmerie valued at more than 1.6 million euros in total.
