Réunion man arrested with 15 cannabis plants in two Moufia grow rooms
Bac officers arrested a Moufia, Saint-Denis resident on 19 August 2025 after finding 15 cannabis plants in two growing rooms at his home, along with cultivation equipment. He admitted the facts in police custody and was summoned to appear in police court.
Police of the anti-crime brigade, the Bac, arrested a resident of the Moufia
neighbourhood in Saint-Denis on Tuesday 19 August 2025 and accused him of
growing zamal, the Creole name for cannabis on Réunion.[1]Officers searched
his home and found 15 cannabis plants in two growing rooms, along with equipment
used to tend them.[1]
The suspect was placed in police custody and admitted the facts, the police
account reported by local media said.[1]Two other Réunion outlets, LINFO.re
and Imaz Press Réunion, reported the same 19 August arrest, the two growing
rooms, the 15 plants and the cultivation equipment.[2]Police said the arrest
followed the discovery of a cannabis crop at the man’s home in the Moufia area.[2]
LINFO.re said the man was summoned before the officer in charge of the case, the
officier de police judiciaire, as part of the proceedings against him.[2]Zinfos974, citing the police, reported that the man would later be summoned
before the police court, the tribunal de police.[1]
Imaz Press Réunion also reported that police had searched his home and found the
two growing rooms, 15 plants and cultivation equipment.[3]
Photos and video
Page picture captioned Zamal and credited to the National Police of Réunion. Photo: Police nationale de La RéunionPhoto details
The outlets disagree on the next step: Zinfos974 says the man will later be summoned before the tribunal de police, while LINFO.re and Imaz Press mention only a summons before the officier de police judiciaire, and Imaz Press also says he was presented at the tribunal.
No weight of dried cannabis, street value or number of prior records was published, so no cannabis weight or value is recorded.
The 15 plants are counted as plants_destroyed because the reports do not say whether they were uprooted or kept as evidence.
The man is not named and no age was given, and no charge sheet or court outcome has been reported.
The picture on the Zinfos974 page is captioned only Zamal, credited to the National Police of Réunion, and is not established to show this seizure.
Zinfos974's sidebar carries a separate item about 193 cannabis plants found after a violent assault; that is a different case and is not part of this report.
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