A Kalashnikov, rifles, grenades and automatic pistols: the discovery of a large stock of weapons during the dismantling of a small point of deal in a district of Marseille worries the "
stups
" who call for vigilance.
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On the basis of surveillance, police officers from the anti-narcotics branch of the Marseille judicial police proceeded on Wednesday to the dismantling of a small deal point in the Estaque district, north of Marseille (16th), a we learned from a police source. Two traffickers aged 20 and 25 and their 55-year-old nanny (person who keeps the drugs) were arrested in possession of a small quantity of drugs - 3 kg of cannabis, about 40 grams of cocaine - and about 6,000 euros in cash with handwritten accounting. "
But we also had the surprise of recovering a large and unusual weaponry for a small point of deal which does not exceed 1000 euros in revenue per day,
" division commissioner Sébastien Lautard told AFP.
"
Networks of narco-bandits
"
Thus, "
a Kalashnikov with magazines, a shotgun and a hunting rifle with sawed barrels and stocks and a large batch of cartridges, two automatic pistols and their ammunition, two grenades, two vests including a heavy bulletproof vest
" , were seized.
"
These small neighborhood networks feel the need to defend themselves against larger traffickers to avoid being caught and to remain masters of their territory
", explains Commissioner Lautard, according to whom this type of weaponry was previously reserved for "
larger networks of narco-bandits
, used to settling scores and turf wars.
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Drawing a parallel with the death of Brigadier Eric Masson in May in Avignon, killed by a 19-year-old after a banal control linked to an exchange of narcotics in the city center, the Marseille police officer called on his colleagues to be cautious "
even in the control of small street vendors
”.