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Source discrepancies
| Defendant | Le Quotidien de La Réunion | Zinfos974 | Imaz Press |
|---|---|---|---|
| Former chief of staff of the Sainte-Suzanne mayor | "sept ans de prison" | "à six ans de prison" | "condamné en appel à 7 ans de prison" (headline) |
| Others | seven, five and four years | seven, five and four years | not read beyond the first defendant |
Le Quotidien's text is consistent in giving the former chief of staff the same seven years as a second defendant. The court's decision itself was not found. The item follows Le Quotidien and gives both figures in the summary.
Category
A court judgment is filed as Policy, and the item is dated to the judgment, 14 October 2026, not to the offences. It could also be read as Trafficking, since the case concerns exports of zamal to Mauritius.
Quantities
Zinfos974 says the case "portait sur près d'une tonne de cannabis, pour une valeur marchande estimée à 1,2 million d'euros". Le Quotidien gives no total, and none of the reports read says the court found a total weight. The weight and the value are not stored.
Related news items
The news item of 26 July 2026 on a seizure of about 156 kg of zamal at Bras-Panon (26 July item) is a different case. The reports read do not say whether it belongs to this network.
Sources not used
Le Quotidien says the trafficking "aurait permis" large quantities of zamal to reach Mauritius, in the conditional. Linfo.re, which has a headline giving "6 ans", was not read. Three of the four defendants are private individuals and are not named; the former chief of staff is identified by the public role the reports give him.
Map pin
The pin is the Saint-Denis appeal court, taken from Wikidata (Q3000981) and OpenStreetMap, which agree, rounded to two decimals.
These notes were recorded when the news item was prepared. Éloise 23:36, 14 October 2026 (+07)