Brest court gives Saint-Pol-de-Léon driver six months suspended
A 27-year-old man stopped by gendarmes in Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, was tested positive for cocaine at the wheel and was later found with cannabis and cocaine on him. The Brest criminal court gave him a six-month suspended sentence and an eight-month driving ban on 9 November 2026.
A 27-year-old man was stopped by gendarmes at a routine roadside check in
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, Finistère, on 20 September 2026 at about 4.40 pm.[1]He
appeared at the Brest criminal court on 9 November 2026 accused of driving under
the influence of drugs, possession and transport of drugs, and refusing to hand
his phone to police.[1]
The prosecutor asked for eight months in prison, suspended.[2]
In court he said he had never used alcohol or drugs and that the cocaine had
contaminated him when he handled it.[2]He attended the hearing by video link
from Angers prison, where he was held on remand in a separate drug case, and had
no previous convictions.[2]
The saliva test at the roadside came back positive for cocaine, while the
alcohol test was negative.[2]
The gendarmes found nine grams of cannabis and six grams of cocaine on him, a
further five grams of cocaine in his car, and nothing at his home, according to
Le Télégramme.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Setting
Street or public place
Charges
conduite sous stupéfiants; détention et transport de stupéfiants; refus de remettre son téléphone aux forces de l'ordre
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Suspended sentence
Region
Brittany
Sources
Ouest-Franceouest-france.frFRTesté positif à la cocaïne dans le Finistère-Nord, il estime avoir dû se « ronger les ongles »
Le Télégrammeletelegramme.frFRÀ Saint-Pol-de-Léon, il conduit sous cocaïne et transporte des stupéfiants : six mois avec sursis
Open questions the AI reported
Ouest-France says the roadside check took place on 20 September 2026, while Le Télégramme says 20 January 2026.
The dates of the court hearing and the sentence are clear, but the interval between the stop and the hearing is therefore uncertain.
No appeal against the sentence is reported.
Whether the cocaine and cannabis found on him were for personal use or for sale was not established as a separate charge.
The 144.50 euros in cash found on him is not explained by the reports.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Le Télégramme: The Brest criminal court instead gave the man a six-month suspended prison sentence and an eight-month driving ban.
Left out agencies, as its quotation was not found in Le Télégramme.
Left out agency types, as its quotation was not found in Le Télégramme.
Left out prison, as its quotation was not found in Le Télégramme.
A 28-year-old driver tested positive for cannabis after rear-ending a car and injuring its driver at Percy-en-Normandie on 2 January 2026. The Coutances court sentenced him on 10 November 2026 to six months suspended imprisonment and cancelled his driving licence.
The criminal court in Troyes sentenced 47-year-old Ramzi Nefzaoui to 14 months in firm prison for drug trafficking and issued an arrest warrant. The case began when gendarmes stopped his Renault Laguna at Barberey-Saint-Sulpice in December 2025 and found cannabis resin, herb, cash and a scale.
The Fontainebleau criminal court sentenced a driver to five years in prison, including two years firm, over a fatal 2021 crash at Souppes-sur-Loing in which his 20-year-old passenger died. The court heard he had drunk alcohol and smoked cannabis and was driving at 135 km/h in a 30 km/h zone.
Anti-crime police in Passamaïnty, Mayotte, broke up a drug deal on 4 November 2026 and seized 3.334 kg of cannabis and 8,495 euros in cash from a suspected stash flat; three people were arrested. Two young men were tried in Mamoudzou on 9 November and sentenced to 30 months with 12 suspended and a 15-month suspended term.