Six arrested over three tonnes of cannabis shipped from Spain to Toulouse
French and Spanish police arrested six people on 26 October 2026 over a network that sent about three tonnes of cannabis from Spain to France in Mondial Relay parcels packed with expanding foam. Five faced a Toulouse examining magistrate on 29 October as prosecutors sought their indictment and detention; about 34 kg of cannabis, more than €22,000 in cash and weapons were seized.
Six people were arrested in France and Spain in an investigation into a
cannabis-trafficking network.[1][2]Five of them — four men and one woman — were
detained in France, mainly in Toulouse and its region, and one in a town in
western France.[3]A 32-year-old Frenchman was arrested the same day in the
Catalan seaside town of Lloret de Mar.[3]The five held in France were brought
before a Toulouse examining magistrate on 29 October.[1][2]The prosecutor
requested their indictment and pre-trial detention.[1][2]A further suspect, who
lives in Spain, remains at large, the Toulouse prosecutor said.[1]
Searches in France produced 20.314 kg of herbal cannabis, 6.085 kg of cannabis
resin and €10,365, as well as packaging materials and indoor growing equipment.[1][2]At the suspect’s homes in Spain, police seized7.6 kg of herbal cannabis,
€12,240 and several category A and B weapons and ammunition.[1]
The case began in May 2025, when police arrested a man at his home in Toulouse
and found cannabis, €20,190 in cash, Mondial Relay labels and cans of expanding
foam used to hide the smell of drugs in parcels.[1]Investigators say the
network was run from Spain by three people.[1][2]It sold cannabis through a
Telegram channel and temporary dealing points in Occitanie, and sent parcels
through the French parcel service Mondial Relay to France, Italy, Belgium and
Poland.[1]
The five suspects in France admitted roles as couriers, stash-house keepers,
known in French as nourrices, parcel packers or managers of the Telegram
account.[1]Prosecutors said all five had criminal records and some were
repeat offenders.[1]
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Source: La Dépêche du MidiWeapons and ammunition seized in the case, in a photo credited to the Toulouse prosecutor's office. Photo: Parquet de ToulousePhoto details
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Arrested
6
Cannabis
34 kg
Agency type
Police, Prosecutor
Cannabis
Hashish (34 kg); Herbal cannabis
Activity
Trafficking
Setting
Home, Mail or parcel
Grown
Indoor
Case stage
Under investigation
Route
Spain → France, Italy, Belgium, Poland
Sources
Actu17actu17.frFRPrès de trois tonnes de cannabis expédiées par Mondial Relay dans la mousse expansive : six interpellations
CNEWScnews.frFRTrois tonnes de drogue acheminées : six suspects interpellés
La Dépêche du Midiladepeche.frFRLes trafiquants utilisaient les lockers de Mondial Relay : trois tonnes de drogue envoyées d'Espagne à Toulouse par colis, cinq suspects déférés devant la justice
Open questions the AI reported
La Dépêche du Midi reported a larger haul of about 30 kg of drugs in France and 20 kg in Spain, while Actu17's detailed prosecutor figures total about 34 kg across both countries; this report uses the detailed figures.
Actu17 and Actu.fr date the shipments to December 2024-February 2026, while La Dépêche du Midi describes the network as having operated for two years.
The sources differ on the first arrest: Actu17 gives 27 May 2025 and age 24, La Dépêche du Midi 25 May 2025 and age 26, and Actu.fr the end of May 2025.
No court decision on the prosecutor's requests for indictment and pre-trial detention was reported.
No photograph of the arrests was published; the images on the three articles are stock or archive illustrations, apart from the Toulouse prosecutor's seizure photos.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Actu.fr: The arrests took place on 26 October 2026.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Actu.fr: They estimate it sent about three tonnes of cannabis that way between December 2024 and February 2026.
CNEWS gives rounded French seizures of about 20 kg of herbal cannabis, 6 kg of resin and about 10,000 euros, while the report uses detailed prosecutor figures of 20.314 kg, 6.085 kg and 10,365 euros.
Anti-crime squad officers arrested three men selling cocaine and cannabis resin from Marseille streets on Sunday 8 November 2026, two in the 11th arrondissement and one in the 15th. Two officers were injured overpowering the third man, and all three were taken into police custody.
A 24-year-old man was arrested in Montpellier's Saint-Martin neighbourhood on 8 November 2026 after offering to sell cannabis to an undercover anti-crime (BAC) officer, and three officers were needed to detain him when he bit one of them. Officers found 21 g of cannabis, a small amount of cocaine and cash nearby, and he is due in court on 10 November.
Police in Le Mans stopped a 22-year-old riding an electric scooter at high speed on the pavement on 8 November 2026 after he refused to stop, then found a substance that appeared to be cannabis resin on him. He was held in custody and is to be summoned in June 2027 under a fixed-penalty court order providing for 70 hours of unpaid work.
Police in Draguignan arrested one adult and two minors after finding nearly 2.5 kg of cannabis resin disguised as Dubai chocolate bars in their car. One of the three, who was to deliver the drugs, was referred to the prosecutor and placed under judicial supervision pending trial.
