Police have just made two major cannabis seizures, in Clichy and Suresnes. Chance seizures.
Thus, the police officers of the Clichy police station thought they were working on a banal theft of a bank card, when they showed up at 123, boulevard Victor-Hugo, Monday evening. They finally discovered local drug trafficking.
At this address, the investigators had originally come to seek, in order to place him in police custody, a man suspected of extortion and forcible confinement in a meeting. Facts committed two days earlier in Clichy, too.
"The individual in question was suspected of having extracted, with accomplices, a bank card and a mobile phone from one of his acquaintances, said a source. She quickly identified him and it was in this context that men went to his home to arrest him. But to be honest, they did not expect to make such a discovery… ”
Cannabis under the saddle of a scooter
During the search of the suspect's apartment, the police indeed found 1.4 kg of cannabis resin and almost 5,000 euros in cash. Present in the apartment, his two sisters were also arrested, as was the caretaker of the building, suspected of being also involved in the resale of narcotic products.
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Another place but the same type of unexpected seizure: 2.5 kg of cannabis resin were discovered on Sunday, shortly after 6 p.m., during a roadside check carried out in Suresnes by the men of the security and intervention company ( CSI).
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Alerted by the very strong odor emanating from a controlled scooter on avenue Charles-de-Gaulle, the police officers did not allow themselves to be deceived by the pilot of the two-wheeler, who spontaneously told them to hold 50 g. It was under the saddle of the two-wheeler that the officials discovered the precious load. The pilot and his passenger, two men, 24 and 38, were arrested and taken into police custody, where they were still on Wednesday.