147 kg of zamal seized near Sainte-Rose port; eight held
Gendarmes seized 147 kg of zamal, including 1 kg of resin, in 19 sports bags near the port of Sainte-Rose on 17 June 2022. Eight suspects were taken into custody, with four summoned to court and four held for immediate trial.
On the evening of Friday 17 June 2022, a local gendarmerie patrol went to the
area near the port of Sainte-Rose after a report of a suspicious presence.[1]Searching a wooded area there, gendarmes detained one person found with numerous
bags packaged for transporting drugs, while several other people fled when the
gendarmes arrived.[1]The gendarmes found 19 large-volume sports bags
containing drugs, and arrested two other people who had fled by vehicle.[2]
The seizure totalled 147 kg of zamal found near the port of Sainte-Rose, hidden
in the 19 sports bags.[2]The total included 1 kg of cannabis resin, the rest
being zamal herbal cannabis.[2]Eight suspects were placed in custody and
questioned in the case.[2]
Four of them were given summonses to appear in court, and four were brought
before the liberty and custody judge on 21 June for immediate trial on 22 June.[2]The gendarmerie captain described a genuine zamal trafficking flow from
Réunion toward Mauritius, calling Mauritius the number-one destination.[1]Investigators exchanged intelligence with the Mauritian authorities during the
inquiry, which was supervised by the Saint-Denis prosecutor.[2]
Photos and video
Sports bags holding the seized zamal laid out after the Sainte-Rose interception, in the gendarmerie handout photo. Photo: GendarmeriePhoto details
The LINFO.re article also speaks generally of hundreds of kilos and thousands of plants seized in eastern Réunion in recent days, without precise counts, so only the documented 147 kg seizure is counted.
No court outcome after the 22 June immediate-trial hearing was reported in the opened sources.
No street-value estimate for the seized zamal was published in the opened sources.
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