About five tonnes of cannabis were seized Thursday in Seine-Saint-Denis by the police in charge of the drug fight, who also arrested several people, according to several sources Friday, February 28.
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The 4.8 tonnes of narcotic products from Morocco were discovered in a utility vehicle in Villepinte. Seven people suspected of being involved in the importation and reception of the illegal goods were also arrested and placed in police custody, the sources said.
The team of suspected criminals, from Ile-de-France, were the subject of surveillance by the police of the French anti-narcotics office (Ofast) as part of an investigation entrusted to a magistrate of the Jirs of Paris.
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According to figures issued by the Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner in February, " more than 95.4 tonnes of cannabis " were seized in 2019 against around 100 tonnes in 2018. With an annual consumption of resin and herb estimated at between 370 and 580 tonnes per year (30 tonnes per month), cannabis remains the number one drug market in France. The Hexagon is the first country in Europe for the consumption of this amazing product.
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The start of the year was mainly marked in France by several major cocaine seizures, the latest of which was the interception in Italy of 3.3 tonnes destined for Marseille, in cooperation with the transalpine authorities.