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Drug trafficking: arrest of 18 people in France and Spain

2020-10-09T16:57:03.139Z


Eighteen people were arrested in France and Spain in connection with a drug trafficking case between the two countries, the Perpignan prosecutor said on Friday, October 9, welcoming very good cross-border cooperation. Read also: Saint-Ouen: life in a city trapped in drug trafficking On the French side, ten people were arrested on October 5, said prosecutor Jean-David Cavaillé at a press conferen


Eighteen people were arrested in France and Spain in connection with a drug trafficking case between the two countries, the Perpignan prosecutor said on Friday, October 9, welcoming very good cross-border cooperation.

Read also: Saint-Ouen: life in a city trapped in drug trafficking

On the French side, ten people were arrested on October 5, said prosecutor Jean-David Cavaillé at a press conference, specifying that seven were indicted, including six imprisoned.

A person is under judicial control.

On the Spanish side, eight people were arrested, including the cannabis producer.

Four production sites were discovered, the main one near Figuères, near the French border.

Some 3,400 plants of cannabis, vehicles and luxury items as well as 200,000 euros were seized.

"

It was discovered that people in Spain had a high standard of living, with important production equipment

", underlined the prosecutor who insisted on the quality of the cross-border cooperation between the gendarmerie and its Spanish equivalent, the Guardia civil.

"

The investigators (of a country) can cross the border to continue their pursuit under conditions of alerting the border authorities

", welcomed the magistrate.

The case began with the arrest of a “

go fast

vehicle

with 11 kg of cannabis and one kg of cocaine on December 11, 2019 in Argelès-sur-mer (Pyrénées-Orientales), which triggered the opening an investigation for "

criminal association

".

About twenty investigators had been mobilized on this file, in Montpellier and in the Pyrénées-Orientales, as well as four dog teams.

Source: lefigaro

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