The BRAV-M police officers are known for their interventions during demonstrations, their motorcycles and their outfits: white helmets, black uniforms, orange police armbands.
When these members of the Directorate of Public Order and Traffic (DOPC) do not follow the people who pound the Parisian pavement, they provide security missions for the Directorate of local security of the Parisian agglomeration (DSPAP ), turn in the streets of the capital.
It is in this context that they are sometimes called upon to stop dangerous drivers, like this Monday afternoon.
It is around 3:30 p.m. when the agents surprise a scooter rider climbing on the sidewalks with his large displacement, a 650 cm3 Suzuki Burgman scooter, place de la Nation.
Paris, this Monday.
The bundles were concealed in a black plastic bag.
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The young man complies.
During checks with the driver's license file, the police discover that the license is suspended.
Does he have any dangerous items on him?
This is a common question during an inspection.
Wads of 20 and 10 euro notes
The driver of the two-wheeler then opens the saddle of his scooter, raises it and takes out a black plastic bag.
Inside, the officials find packages made of kraft paper and white paper.
These are bundles of banknotes, mainly 20 and 10 euros.
A judicial police officer counts them.
The young man was sitting on 38,145 euros.
With such a sum, it is mandatory to justify the origin of the funds.
Otherwise, suspicions of money laundering, tax evasion and activity linked to the parallel economy arise.
In this case, this scooter operator was not able to say where all these tickets came from.
Drug trafficking?
Flight ?
He was taken into custody at the 11th arrondissement police station to explain himself and an investigation was opened.
