In a confidential note from the antisputing office, the rapporteurs alert on the explosion of the drug supply in France, including the overseas. In total, nearly 42 tonnes of cocaine have been seized throughout the territory to date in 2025.
In this confidential document of more than 62 pages published in several national newspapers such as The worldrapporteurs alert to the fact that France has become a country where drug supply is “without white zone “. This report, built with the contribution of several ministerial services, highlights that in the first half of 2025, the volume of cocaine seized in France, including overseas, amounted to 37 and a half tonnes, against 25.8 tonnes in the first half of 2024, an increase of 45% in one year.
If we add to these figures from the first half the semester the five tonnes recovered from a cargo -coated cargoh a few weeks ago, the amount of cocaine has been seized since the start of the year in the territory climbs to more than 42 tonnes. Bruno Retailleau, the Minister of the Interior, tell him about a “tsunami blanc“And evokes a” existential threat to our country“, According to information from France-Info.
To explain this outbreak of the cocaine market, the report is advancing two possibilities. The first: increased world production. According to the 20 -minute news site, Colombia alone has produced a volume of 2,700 tonnes of cocaine in 2023, an increase of 50 % in one year. To this is also added production in neighboring countries, hitherto not known to be “suppliers “, Complete the site.
The other explanation is the drop in prices. In five years, the cost of the cocaine gram has decreased considerably, going from 70 euros to 58 euros.
The other scourge that worries public authorities is the persistence of the threat of cannabis. According to the report, 67,000 plants were seized last year throughout the territory. Overseas alone represents 61 % of these seizures.
Cannabis is the most consumed illicit drug in France, with high experimentation and use rates. According to the French Drug Observatory, in New Caledonia, 50 % of 17-year-olds have already experienced cannabis. They even call for reinforced vigilance in terms of youth prevention and support, as our colleagues in New Caledonia write the 1era.
The OFAST’s report also points to the very dynamic consumption of methamphetamine in the form of ICE in French Polynesia. Last February, the territory listed nearly 30,000 consumers from this drug. Local authorities have already sounded the alarm on many occasions.
