Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Paris, Essonne and Seine-et-Marne. The catch of the net, which took place this Saturday morning in five departments of Île-de-France, made it possible to dismantle an important cannabis production network. Nine people were arrested in the morning and placed in police custody, announced the Nanterre prosecution in a press release. They are suspected of "participating in trafficking in narcotic products, with a significant component of the production of cannabis herb and pollen," he said.
A preliminary investigation, opened against X on March 11, was entrusted to the Sûreté Territoriale des Hauts-de-Seine. It made it possible to identify and locate the alleged protagonists of this network. Among them, one of the main suspects lives in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, indicates the parquet floor. Searches, carried out in the pavilions of five departments of Île-de-France, allowed the investigators to make important discoveries for the continuation of the investigations.
23 kg of cannabis and 23,000 euros seized
Some of these dwellings "turned out to be fully equipped for the intensive production of cannabis", relates the Nanterre prosecutor's office, which also evokes the seizure of "nearly 1700 feet of cannabis, 23 kilograms of cannabis herb, 888 grams pollen and more than 23,000 euros ”.
Several vehicles were also seized, as well as "a significant quantity of material used to produce cannabis grass pollen, notably a hydraulic press", details the press release.
While, during confinement, drug trafficking recorded a drop of 30 to 40%, according to data released Friday by the Minister of the Interior, this network seemed to have, until Saturday anyway, escaped this activity at half mast.
