100 kg of drugs, mostly cannabis, seized from Venissieux stash
Police seized about 100 kilos of drugs, mainly cannabis with some cocaine, from a nourrice stash flat supplying deal points in Vénissieux's Joliot-Curie sector. The reports give only a combined weight, so no cannabis-only quantity can be recorded.
🇫🇷 Joliot-Curie sector, Vénissieux, Lyon metropolitan area · France
After a long investigation, the police drug squad seized the drug stock held in
a so-called nourrice stash flat in the Joliot-Curie sector of Vénissieux, in the
Lyon metropolitan area.[1]The flat served as a storage place supplying
dealing points in the commune and probably elsewhere in the urban area.[1]The
stash stood near the dealing points known as the 103 and the 129, not far from
the T4 tram stop.[1]
Officers recovered about 100 kilos of drugs, described as essentially cannabis
with a small quantity of cocaine.[1]Lyon Capitale, citing Le Progrès,
likewise described the find as about 100 kilos, mainly cannabis with a small
quantity of cocaine.[2]The premises had been under investigation by the
brigade des stupéfiants before the seizure.[2]The same boulevard had
previously seen large police deployments after several shootings in March and
April.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Agency
Brigade des stupéfiants
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency
Activity
Sale
Case stage
Under investigation
Region
Rhône
Date
Publication date
Sources
Le Progrèsleprogres.frFRMétropole de Lyon. Grand coup de filet sur le narcotrafic : 100 kilos de drogue saisis à Vénissieux
The reports give only a combined total of about 100 kilos of cannabis and cocaine, so no separate cannabis-only weight can be recorded and no kg_seized figure is given.
9 November 2026 is the publication date of the Le Progrès account and is used as the incident date; no separate date for the seizure was published.
No arrests, charges, named suspects or court outcome were reported in the accounts available.
Lyon Capitale attributes its account to Le Progrès, so the two accounts are not independent reporting.
The Lyon Capitale article mentions a separate May operation at Les Minguettes with six arrests, 50 kilos of cannabis and 35,000 euros seized; that is a different event left out here.
The text gives a weight ("100 kilos") but the figures have no kg_seized; check whether it belongs there.
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