Heroin and cocaine trafficking between the Netherlands and Strasbourg has been dismantled, allowing the arrest of four protagonists of the network, said the Interregional Directorate of the Judicial Police (DIPJ) on Monday 23 November.
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After several months of investigation into heroin and cocaine trafficking destined for the Strasbourg district of Neuhof-La Meinau, "
the staff of the Ofast branch (anti-narcotics office) and the BRI (research and research brigade) intervention) of the DIPJ of Strasbourg proceeded the night of November 17 to 18, 2020 to the interception of a 'go-fast' from the Netherlands on the A4 motorway
”, explains the DIPJ in a press release.
The interception of this convoy of cars, some leading the way, another carrying drugs, made it possible to seize seven kilograms of heroin hidden in the spare wheel of one of the vehicles.
Four people, including the main protagonist of trafficking already known to justice for narcotics cases, were indicted after their custody and placed in pre-trial detention, AFP learned from a police source.
In addition, a heroin conditioning laboratory and several sums of money were discovered.
Four vehicles used for this traffic, which made two to three convoys per month from the Netherlands, were also seized and placed under seal.