Fort-de-France’s correctional court on 23 March 2026 jailed two men for four years each and a third for two years, one of them suspended, over the arsenal and drugs found in a Terres-Sainville house.[1] José A.G., 38, a Dominican national, was sentenced to two years with one year suspended and will serve his term at home under an electronic bracelet.[1] Frédérick T., 34, holds French and Dominican nationality, and Weston G.C., 34, is Venezuelan; the first was arrested on 26 January 2026 and the second on 12 February 2026.[1] Two of the three had previous convictions on their records, which the court treated as legal reoffending.[1] The prosecutor had sought between 18 months and five years for weapons possession, acquiring drugs and participation in a criminal association.[1] Defence lawyers argued the investigation breached the strict rules for flagrant-offence inquiries, and Frédérick T. kept silent at the hearing.[1] José A.G.’s lawyer said he would not appeal because his client would sleep at home rather than in detention.[1]

The case began on 12 November 2025, when about thirty police officers from the RAID, the territorial judicial police service and specialist units searched a house in Terres-Sainville.[2] The house was empty when officers entered, after a sniffer dog from the canine brigade reacted outside it.[2] The search found 3.485 kg of cannabis resin, reported at the time as 3.5 kg, along with 1.8 kg of cocaine.[3] Officers also seized a ballistic vest, a stock that turns a handgun into a shoulder weapon, a silencer, about fifty 9 mm rounds, 5.56 mm ammunition, a laser sight, balaclavas and packaging material.[2] Police described the house as a logistics site for a drug-trafficking operation, used to prepare and pack drugs for sale.[3] Investigators took fingerprints and DNA profiles from the seized material to identify who had handled it.[2]