More than 30 kg of zamal seized from a private home in Saint-André
National police in Saint-André, Réunion, found more than 30 kg of zamal after patrolling officers were drawn to a private home by a strong smell of cannabis on 14 April 2026. An investigation was opened and no arrest or charge was reported.
The national police in Saint-André, Réunion, carried out a large cannabis
seizure at the home of a private individual on Tuesday 14 April 2026.[1]During a patrol in Saint-André, officers were alerted by a strong smell of
cannabis near the individual’s home, an account the outlet said came from its
own information.[1]
Arriving at the premises, the officers found more than 30 kg of zamal, the local
name for cannabis on Réunion.[1]An investigation was opened after the
discovery.[1]
No arrest, charge or court step was reported in the account, which did not name
the person whose home was searched.[1]LINFO.re published the report on 15
April 2026, the day after the operation, under the headline on the seizure of
more than 30 kg of zamal from a private individual in Saint-André.[1]
Photos and video
Standfirst illustration captioned 'zamal cannabis', carried with the LINFO.re report on the Saint-André seizure; the caption does not confirm it shows the 30 kg seized, and no credit was published.Photo details
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Cannabis
30 kg
Agency
Police nationale
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (30 kg)
Activity
Possession
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Réunion
Sources
LINFO.relinfo.reFRSaint-André : plus de 30 kg de zamal saisis chez un particulier
Open questions the AI reported
The report gives no arrest figure, so it is not recorded whether anyone was detained; the outcome rests on the 2026-04-14 police national account and the 2026-03-31 Paris customs data.
The amount is stated as 'more than 30 kg', so 30 kg is recorded as the stated lower bound rather than an exact measured weight.
No break-down of the haul was published: it is not known whether the 30 kg was herbal cannabis, resin or a mix, so it is recorded as cannabis by weight without a product split.
No street value estimate, number of packages or evidence of cultivation was published.
The account is attributed to LINFO.re's own information ('selon nos informations') rather than a named police statement, and no second accessible report of the seizure was found.
The page picture is captioned only 'zamal cannabis' and labelled an illustration, so it is not established to show this seizure; it is linked rather than used as a cover.
Gendarmes seized 156 kg of cannabis packed in 10 sacks as two men prepared to load them onto a boat on the seafront at Bras-Panon, Réunion, on 26 July 2026. Both were arrested and brought before a prosecutor; investigators say the haul was bound for Mauritius.
Gendarmes in Réunion broke up a suspected drug-importation network on 30 June 2026 after customs intercepted a US air-freight parcel holding 70 kg of cannabis resin worth over 1.7 million euros. Six people were arrested, and searches also recovered cash, cocaine and vehicles; most suspects were placed in pre-trial detention.
Gendarmes arrested 18 people in Réunion and mainland France on 25 October 2025 and found 497 bars of cannabis resin, more than 50 kg, hidden in new vehicles aboard the Grand Hero at Port Est the next day. One suspect was a docker suspected of facilitating the imports, and the gendarmerie valued the resin at more than one million euros.
Réunion gendarmes seized 104 zamal plants and 1.49 kg of dried zamal leaves in Saint-Louis and Saint-Paul, with 8 plants plus the dried material at Saint-Louis and 96 plants at Saint-Paul. No arrests or court outcomes were reported, and the gendarmerie warned of youth use, drug-driving and trafficking risks.
