Saint-Joseph gendarmes seize 2,337 cannabis plants; two held in pre-trial detention
Réunion gendarmes dismantled a cannabis operation in isolated old farm buildings at Saint-Joseph on 29 November 2025, seizing 1,734 growing plants and 130 drying ones, for 2,337 plants weighing about 80 kg. Two men were arrested and placed in pre-trial detention while the investigation into drug trafficking continued.
Gendarmes from the Saint-Joseph community of brigades found a large cannabis
crop in old, isolated farm buildings on Réunion on Saturday 29 November 2025.[1]At the site they seized 1,734 growing plants and 130 plants that were
drying, along with two growing rooms and all the associated production
equipment.[1]Further checks on other plots put the total at 2,337 cannabis
plants, which the gendarmerie said weighed about 80 kg.[1]The gendarmerie
said the searches showed an organised operation spread over several plots around
the farm buildings.[2]
One man was arrested and taken into police custody, and a second was arrested
later during the investigation.[1]Both suspects were placed in pre-trial
detention.[1]Several vehicles, equipment and sums of money were also seized
in an investigation opened for drug trafficking.[1]The gendarmerie again put
the total at 2,337 plants weighing about 80 kilos.[3]
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Source: LINFO.reGendarmerie handout photo published with the report on the cannabis seized at Saint-Joseph. Photo: Gendarmerie de La RéunionPhoto details
The about 80 kg is the gendarmerie's estimated weight for the whole 2,337 plants, not a separately weighed dried-cannabis seizure.
No public figure was given for the money, vehicle count or number of plots involved.
No charge, charge date or court outcome was reported; only pre-trial detention is known.
The outlets state the operation took place on 29 November 2025 but were published on 29 December 2025, a month later.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Réunion la 1ère: In quotes relayed from a gendarmerie Facebook post, officers said a fast and precise inquiry by the Saint-Joseph brigade had ended what they called a real illegal operation.
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