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Marseille police say they prevented settlement of accounts

2020-05-29T15:56:13.660Z


Six people were indicted for preparing an armed settlement between drug traffickers in the cities of Marseille, regularly bloodied by this type of crime, we learned Friday from police sources. Read also: At the heart of traffic in Marseille: how the new guys impose their law These criminals, aged between 25 and 30 years and " well known to the police and justice ", " had plans to commit at least...


Six people were indicted for preparing an armed settlement between drug traffickers in the cities of Marseille, regularly bloodied by this type of crime, we learned Friday from police sources.

Read also: At the heart of traffic in Marseille: how the new guys impose their law

These criminals, aged between 25 and 30 years and " well known to the police and justice ", " had plans to commit at least one settling of scores, " the deputy inter-regional director of AFP told AFP. the Marseille judicial police, Philippe Frizon. Five were imprisoned, the sixth was placed under judicial supervision.

" They had probably been dispossessed of their points of sale " of cannabis in a city in the 13th arrondissement, the minor seminary, by a rival team " who had been installed for some time in their place, " he said. he adds. " They intended to take it back, in particular by attacking one of their competitors ". The investigation, which began in November, was fueled by surveillance by this criminal team, which has grown over the months, looking for weapons, recovering two stolen cars and a motorcycle.

Read also: Marseille: one dead and one injured in a likely settlement of accounts

" They were trying to recover money " to finance the settlement of accounts, " wanted to make assaults at home to recover jewelry " and " three of them committed an armed robbery against a tobacco shop ", added the policeman. Only ammunition and a stolen vehicle were found during the search. The Minister of the Interior, Christophe Castaner, is expected Friday in the northern districts of Marseille after a meeting on " delinquency " at the police headquarters of the Marseille city. Despite the persistence of drug trafficking which feeds a violent and armed " narcobanditism ", the number of settling of accounts in the Bouches-du-Rhône remains at a rather low level since the beginning of the year, with four deaths in four settlements accounts, according to the count of the police prefecture.

Read also: In the hell of the Pissevin city of Nîmes, cancerized by drug trafficking

Source: lefigaro

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