Francois Thierry, ex-boss of the fight against drugs, tried in September in Lyon. The former head of the anti-narcotics office is accused of having implemented the false custody of Sofiane Hambli, a major cannabis trafficker.
He faces 15 years of criminal imprisonment for these facts, which are part of a sprawling affair relating to the methods of Ocrtis, the former Central Office for the Repression of Illicit Drug Trafficking that the police officer headed from 2010 to 2016.