This is the story of a drug procedure that explodes in flight before the judges of the Criminal Court of Créteil (Val-de-Marne).
Two traffickers of 20 and 21 years old, from Trappes (Yvelines) and Guyancourt, came out free this Thursday evening from the courthouse because of a procedural flaw raised by the defense of these two men.
This story begins last Monday around 5:55 pm rue Jean Jacques Rousseau in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges when the police are chasing a Clio with two men on board.
The fugitives' car crashes into a tree and the suspects leave the scene without ever being found.
The attention of officials is drawn to two other suspects who quickly exit another car, leaving the doors open.
A strong smell emanates from the vehicle and officials discover that it contains 2.1 kilograms of herbal cannabis with a resale value of 21,000 euros.
The two young occupants are found and arrested.
They hoped to sell weed at Plaisir
These two boys, an unemployed person and an educator for young children, are placed in police custody in the premises of the police station. They start by denying the facts but end up confessing that they came to buy drugs in Villeneuve in the hope of reselling them to Plaisir to make money. One of the two men is known to have stolen .... a raclette set. The second was never convicted.
Before the magistrates, their counsel, Me Margaux Mazier and Me Tarek Koraitem, raised a procedural flaw. "The police carried out their technical findings in the car without the presence of the suspects," explains Me Koraitem. However, it is obligatory ”. The president of the tribunal warned the defendants that they would not have a second chance and would have to abandon their deal plans. The two lawyers praised "a legalistic decision which does justice to justice".