Marseille drug dealers now banned from going to Hyères. A prefectural decree prohibits residents of Bouches-du-Rhône who have already been convicted of drug-related offenses from “circulating on public roads” In 2023, assassinations linked to drug trafficking cost the lives of 49 people in Marseille, a record figure attributable to a “strategy of intimidation and terror” by traffickers, according to police headquarters in Marseilles.
Two “clearance” operations notably led to the seizures of 75 kg of cannabis, 15 kg of cocaine and nearly 200,000 euros in cash.