More than 900,000 euros in cash were seized during a police operation carried out Monday in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine), we learned Tuesday, October six from a source close to the investigation.
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In addition to the 930,000 euros, the police also seized 22 kg of cocaine and 426 kg of cannabis resin, this source told AFP, confirming information from Le Point.
According to Le Parisien, drugs and cash were discovered in cars parked in a parking lot in Courbevoie and in drug traffickers who had been "
tracked
" by the police for several months.
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The Nanterre public prosecutor's office has for its part confirmed the holding of this operation carried out by the territorial security of Hauts-de-Seine on a rogatory commission from an investigating judge of Nanterre as part of an investigation started in October 2019.
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This investigation is being conducted as part of a judicial investigation opened on March 13, said the prosecution, without giving further details.
"
Congratulations to the Hauts-de-Seine police officers for these exceptional seizures
," responded the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin on Twitter.
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Our fight against this social, health and economic scourge is total!
"
This catch is one of the most important carried out in France this year.
Already in January, some 700 kilos of cocaine had been seized in Gironde and 500 kilos of the same substance in a load of bananas in Rungis a few weeks later.