A volunteer deputy gendarme was arrested in mid-February on the sidelines of the dismantling of drug trafficking in Fourmies (North) The young woman was the companion of a drug dealer, whom she would have informed about the various police operations carried out in her area. The couple was brought before the Avesnes-sur-Helpe public prosecutor's office and the case was handed over to the hearing scheduled for Tuesday March 12.
In total, “seven defendants, three of whom were placed in pre-trial detention, were referred to the criminal court,” specifies the prosecution.