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Cocaine trafficking in Guadeloupe: 26 arrests

2021-01-23T06:28:28.939Z


These individuals worked in particular in the air freight sector. Twenty-six people, working in particular in the air freight sector in Guadeloupe, were arrested this week as part of a vast investigation for " drug trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering ", the prosecutor announced on Friday January 22nd. of Martinique during a press conference in Pointe-à-Pitre. Among the suspects arrested, aged 30 to 70, are employees of " several companies working


Twenty-six people, working in particular in the air freight sector in Guadeloupe, were arrested this week as part of a vast investigation for "

drug trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering

", the prosecutor announced on Friday January 22nd. of Martinique during a press conference in Pointe-à-Pitre.

Among the suspects arrested, aged 30 to 70, are employees of "

several companies working in the field of air freight in particular, but also in the refueling of aircraft

" as well as a nightclub manager, said Renaud. Gaudeul, public prosecutor of Fort-de-France, where the specialized interregional jurisdiction (JIRS) is based.

All the arrests took place in Guadeloupe, except one in Saint-Martin.

Of the 26 arrested, 14, including two women, are presented to the investigating magistrate and some have already been indicted and imprisoned, added the prosecutor.

The investigation, opened in 2019 on intelligence, allowed a total of the seizure of "

240 kilos of cocaine, more than twenty weapons, a thousand ammunition of all calibers, 9 vehicles including some luxury, 5 two- high displacement wheels

"as well as"

liquid for more than 30,000 euros, vintage bottles, for example of rum and also various luxury products

", detailed Renaud Gaudeul.

Of the 240 kg of cocaine seized, 216 had been seized in 2019 "

in a pallet of yams

" in Orly, he said.

According to the prosecutor, the traffickers mixed cocaine with legal merchandise that they had loaded "

without the knowledge of the customs services on board the aircraft, and then the second operation, just as delicate, that of receiving the merchandise on the platform. - Orly aerial form

”.

The traffickers used different modus operandi: "

either air freight carrying very large quantities, or packages with smaller quantities but which could be more numerous, or mules (...) which got on the plane without the least illegal merchandise but received on board the aircraft the cocaine which had been placed by accomplices on board

”.

Source: lefigaro

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