425 kg of cannabis resin seized from a Spain convoy in Saint-Chamond
Gendarmes stopped a two-car convoy carrying 425 kg of cannabis resin in Saint-Chamond on 2 November 2026 and arrested three men. The three, who had loaded the resin in Perpignan after it came from Spain, were charged and jailed pending trial on 6 November.
Three men aged between 28 and 45 were arrested in Saint-Chamond, in the Loire
department, in the late morning of Monday 2 November 2026.[1][2][3]
Gendarmes of the Lyon research section had opened a preliminary investigation at
the end of August 2026 into an organisation suspected of importing cannabis
resin.[4][2][5]The convoy’s two cars had loaded 425 kg of cannabis resin in
Perpignan, after the drug had come from Spain, and were heading for the
Saint-Étienne and Lyon markets.[6][2][7]
Searches found 425 kg of cannabis resin and cash, whose amount was not stated.[4][2][8]The three suspects, from Saint-Chamond, Annonay in Ardèche and Vénissieux
in the Rhône, were brought before the Saint-Étienne court on 6 November and
placed in pre-trial detention.[4][2][5][8]They were charged and placed in pre-trial
detention in a judicial investigation opened for acquiring, transporting,
importing, possessing, offering and supplying narcotics.[6][2]
The intervention was backed by the GIGN’s Orange branch (AGIGN), the gendarmerie’s intervention unit, which officers often call on for large-scale drug operations because of the risks involved.[5]
The surveillance had begun the day before, when gendarmes spotted two vehicles travelling together towards southern France and followed them to the Perpignan area, where the cargo was confirmed.[8]
Case data
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Le Progrèsleprogres.frFRNarcotrafic : 425 kilos de résine de cannabis saisis à Saint-Chamond
TL7, Télévision loire 7tl7.frFRLes pompiers de la Loire en compétition à Feurs / L’ASSE écarte Laval à Geoffroy-Guichard / La 47e édition de la Fête de la Pomme - Le JT
Customs officers seized 40 kg of cannabis products from a Spanish UPS truck at the Fontaine toll on the A36 on 9 November 2026. Two Spain-based delivery drivers, aged 36 and 46, were detained after admitting they acted as “mules” for a load collected in Madrid.
Police seized about 100 kilos of drugs, mainly cannabis with some cocaine, from a nourrice stash flat supplying deal points in Vénissieux's Joliot-Curie sector. The reports give only a combined weight, so no cannabis-only quantity can be recorded.
Six people were taken into custody after searches across Corrèze and Saône-et-Loire linked to the Kannathera CBD chain; police seized 444.1 kg of cannabis, 190.2 kg of it resin. The Brive prosecutor's office said four suspects were placed under judicial supervision pending trial and two others were summoned to court.
On 3 November 2026 a Paris court ended a mother's social-housing lease after several kilos of cannabis and cash were found in her son's bedroom, put at 6.5 kg. The court accepted she paid rent, had no neighbour complaints and knew nothing of her son's activity.
