They occupy all strata of the narcotics trade: head of the network, watchman, launderer, nanny, supplier: the trial of 32 defendants opened on Wednesday May 11 morning in Bobigny tried after the dismantling of one of the biggest deal points of Seine-Saint-Denis.
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It was at 86 and 92 avenue de Michelet in Saint-Ouen that this lucrative cannabis and cocaine trade flourished.
Over the period from December 20, 2020 to January 23, 2021, the investigators estimated the turnover of this point of sale at 1.4 million euros.
A daily revenue estimated between 15,000 and 28,000 euros, on good days.
As for an ordinary trade, the affluence depended on the time slot.
Between 9.30 a.m. and noon, there were 50 customers and 300 transactions for the 2 p.m.-4 p.m. slot.
This extraordinary trial for drug trafficking will last a month and is being held in a room normally reserved for assize trials to allow the 32 defendants, 11 of whom are incarcerated, and as many lawyers to sit there.
Initially scheduled to start on Monday, the case was postponed to Wednesday because several lawyers had not received the final indictment in time.
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Structure organized like an SME
The indicted, aged between 18 and 58, come from different backgrounds: business manager, computer scientist, social worker, driver-deliveryman, security guard at the SNCF, collector of donations in an NGO... They have were arrested in two stages: in June 2020 then in January 2021. Between these two periods, the point deal was very quickly restructured to start operating again with a new organization, indicates a police source.
The survey highlighted an organized structure such as an SME where everyone has a role and defined tasks: keeping accounts, restocking drugs at the deal point or promoting on social networks.
For a year, the Michelet point of sale, located opposite the future premises of the General Directorate of Internal Security (DGSI), has been "
dried up
", according to a police source.
The police officers were instructed to "
clean
up" the surrounding area.
In this trial, a tenant of the HLM building at the point of deal and Semiso, the social landlord of the city of Saint-Ouen, have joined as civil parties.