Gérald Darmanin describes as “
historic
” the results recorded in 2021 by the police in the fight against drug trafficking, with in particular record seizures, in an interview with
the Sunday newspaper
.
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The Minister of the Interior, who has made the fight against drugs his top priority, believes that with the creation of the Anti-Narcotics Office (Ofast) in February 2020, “
we have never made so many seizures: 96 tons of cannabis (+12% last year compared to 2020); 23 tons of cocaine (+101%); 1.2 tonnes of heroin (+24%)
”.
He also argues that "
the number of traffickers implicated has increased by 21%, that of users arrested by 37%
". As for the seizures of criminal assets of traffickers, they "
increased by 24%
", also rejoices the Minister of the Interior. Gérald Darmanin also lists "
15% of deal points dismantled in 2021
". "
That is to say
", he continues, "
that we have 625 fewer deal points compared to the 3900 that we had identified
".
“
The results are historic
,” insists the minister.
For 2020, it had reported "
96 tons of cannabis seized, including 15 tons for the month of November 2020 alone, 13 tons of cocaine, 1.1 tons of heroin and 1.2 million tablets of ecstasy
" .
Regarding the 3,900 deal points identified, Gérald Darmanin said that “
450
” had been dismantled in 2020.