Hollywood screenplay, staged at Épinal.
A policeman from the city of Vosges has been indicted in a case where his brother is also being prosecuted.
The first is suspected of money laundering while the second is under investigation for drug trafficking.
The two would have acted in concert.
They were arrested on Tuesday May 3 and then placed under judicial control.
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The facts date back two years, according to a police source interviewed by France Bleu Lorraine.
The policeman, in his forties, was, according to residents of working-class districts of Épinal, a
notorious "
ripou ", and would have "
cleaned up
" traffic areas ... to better make his own brother's traffic flourish there.
Networks would thus have been dismantled for this unmentionable reason.
The policeman is also suspected of participating in the laundering of dirty money collected during his brother's drug trade.
He often carried sports bags, according to the testimonies, without it being possible at this stage to determine a possible technique for laundering the species concerned.
Possible revocation of the policy
The man was heard by the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) before his arrest.
The service then seized the regional judicial police, and the two brothers were placed in police custody in Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), before being indicted in Metz (Moselle).
The sources interviewed by France Bleu stress that “
the facts are serious.
You have to choose sides
”, and that the official should go to the disciplinary council to possibly be dismissed.
