Gérald Darmanin was heard before the commission of inquiry into the impact of drug trafficking in France. He highlighted the results of his policy in the fight against drug trafficking.
More than 7,000 arrests were made, 3.6 tonnes of cannabis, 13 million euros in criminal assets and nearly 1,000 weapons were seized. The Beauvau tenant then made a quick assessment of the “XXL net space” operations, launched three weeks ago. “There are places that we will not let go,” he asserted, referring to the nine other targeted towns. Like Castellane, in Marseille, from where Emmanuel Macron launched the first anti-drug operation “Place Net XXL”, two weeks after the cry of alarm from magistrates of the Marseille city asking for a “Marshall plan” to save the second city of France of narcobanditism. The hearing was held the day after the hearing of Minister of Justice Éric Dupond-Moretti.