Driver held at Saint-Genis-Pouilly with 600 g of cannabis
Thoiry gendarmes stopped a 27-year-old at Saint-Genis-Pouilly on 9 September, and a follow-up check seized over 600 g of cannabis, cocaine and more than 2,200 euros. He was held pending trial and later sentenced by the Bourg-en-Bresse criminal court.
On 9 September 2026, a 27-year-old man who had missed a stop sign was found with
drugs and a large sum of money on board, and was later sentenced by the
Bourg-en-Bresse criminal court.[1]Thoiry gendarmes stopped the man at
Saint-Genis-Pouilly for ignoring a stop sign.[1]The car he was driving was
uninsured and belonged to a friend.[1]
At Saint-Genis-Pouilly the driver was arrested for driving under the influence
of drugs.[2]Follow-up checks seized more than 2,200 euros, more than 600
grams of cannabis and cocaine.[2]
He was then brought in and placed in provisional detention pending his trial.[2]
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The cannabis weight and cash sum were published only as minima (more than 600 grams, more than 2,200 euros), not exact measured amounts.
No quantity was published for the cocaine found alongside the cannabis, and the form of the cannabis was not specified.
The accessible text states the sentence only as “deux de prison”; its exact length and any suspended or probation part remain behind the paywall.
The stop is described as a missed stop sign in one account and as driving under the influence of drugs in the other; the report treats them as the same Saint-Genis-Pouilly check.
No separate outcome was reported for the uninsured vehicle or the traffic offence.
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