Gendarmes seize nine cannabis plants from a balcony in the Corbières
Gendarmes from the Lagrasse brigade found nine cannabis plants growing on a private balcony in Saint-Pierre-des-Champs, in the Corbières massif, during a foot patrol on 17 June 2025, and seized them. The grower, questioned by the local brigade, said the plants were for his own consumption only; no charge or court outcome was reported.
🇫🇷 Saint-Pierre-des-Champs, Aude, Occitanie · France
Gendarmes of the Lagrasse brigade found nine cannabis plants on the balcony of a
private home in Saint-Pierre-des-Champs, in the Corbières massif, and seized
them immediately.[1]They came across the plants on 17 June 2025 during a foot
patrol in the commune, alerted by the characteristic smell of cannabis.[1]The
patrol took place in a commune in the Corbières massif, about 40 kilometres from
both Carcassonne and Narbonne.[1]
The grower was questioned over the facts by the local brigade and said the
plants were only for his own consumption.[1]L’Indépendant places the facts on
Tuesday 17 June 2025 and names Lagrasse as the gendarmerie brigade that carried
out the seizure.[2]
Photos and video
Photo of the nine cannabis plants on the balcony of a private home in Saint-Pierre-des-Champs, published with the gendarmerie account of the seizure. Photo: L'Indépendant / Gendarmerie de l'AudePhoto details
L'Indépendantlindependant.frFREntre Carcassonne et Narbonne, neuf plants de cannabis croissant sur un balcon dans les Corbières saisis par les gendarmes
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Both accounts come from the same regional press group and reproduce one gendarmerie account; no separate official statement was found.
No weight, value or estimated yield for the nine plants was published.
No charge, measure or court outcome is reported; the only known step is that the grower was questioned by the local brigade.
The accounts do not say whether the plants were destroyed or kept as evidence.
The accounts describe the balcony only as belonging to a private individual and do not say whether it was the home of the person questioned.
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