Gendarmes seize 500 cannabis plants from a Sainte-Rose home
Gendarmes searched the home of an unemployed 53-year-old at Lohéac in Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe, on 24 April 2015 and seized 500 cannabis plants from his garden and a nearby outbuilding. He was arrested, held in police custody and summoned to appear before the criminal court in October over alleged drug trafficking.
Gendarmesseized 500 cannabis plants from the home of a resident of Lohéac, in
Sainte-Rose, Guadeloupe.[1]The resident was a 53-year-old man without a job.[1][2]He was arrested and placed in police custody in the morning.[3]
Gendarmes of the Sainte-Rose brigade had kept him under surveillance on
suspicion that he was growing cannabis at his home.[3]All the plants were
found at his home, in the garden among other places.[1][2]The search found the
plants in the garden and in a small nearby building.[3]The arrest and search
mobilised an intervention unit and a dog team alongside the Sainte-Rose
gendarmes.[1][2]
After police custody he was summoned to appear before the criminal court in
October.[3]He was to answer an alleged drug-trafficking charge.[3][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
1
Plants destroyed
500
Agency type
Gendarmerie, Police
Cannabis
Living plants (500 plants)
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
RCIrci.fmFR500 pieds de cannabis saisis à Sainte-Rose
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