387 cannabis plants found on a neighbour's plot in Saint-François
Gendarmes in Saint-François, Guadeloupe, searching a home over alleged thefts found 387 cannabis plants on the neighbouring plot and took the two neighbours into police custody. Both admitted growing and holding the plants but said the crop was for their personal consumption.
🇫🇷 Saint-François, Guadeloupe · France
Arrested
2
Plants destroyed
387
Two gendarmes of the Saint-François brigade searched a home in Saint-François
over alleged thefts, then decided to also search the neighbouring plot.[1]On
that neighbouring plot they found 387 cannabis plants.[1]
Two neighbours were placed in garde à vue, French police custody, and both
admitted growing and holding the plants.[1]The two occupants said the
plantation was for their personal consumption.[2]Despite the large number of
plants seized, the owners maintained that the plants were for their own use.[1]
The gendarmerie of Guadeloupe released the account with a photo credited to it,
when two local outlets reported the discovery.[2]
Photos and video
Cannabis plants seized in Saint-François, published with the caption "Photo : gendarmerie de Guadeloupe". Photo: Gendarmerie de GuadeloupePhoto details
No date is given for the search or the custody; 14 February 2022 is the RCI publication date and is used as the incident date, with Madras FM publishing the next day.
The sources say only that the plants were seized; they do not say whether they were uprooted or destroyed, so all 387 are recorded under plants destroyed.
The two neighbours are identified only as neighbours and occupants; no names, ages or charges are reported.
No weight of cannabis, area of the plantation, street value or court outcome was published, so it is unknown what followed police custody.
Madras FM recalls the statutory maximum for unlawful use of drugs, one year in prison and a 3,750-euro fine, which is a penalty for a charge, not a sentence imposed here.
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