A Nice drug baron was arrested for drug trafficking an hour before the delivery of a judgment in another trafficking case for which he was sentenced to 12 years in prison in correctional this Friday, November 4 in Nice.
Christophe Dicranian "
was placed in police custody around 7 p.m. after being arrested at the Capitou toll
", on the A8 motorway, in the Var, more than 60 km from Nice, "
as part of a preliminary investigation for drug trafficking
,” a judicial source told AFP.
And this, while he was expected at the same time in court for the deliberation of the judgment which sentenced him to 12 years in prison.
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"No less than 3 tons of cannabis" sold in less than a year
Christophe Dicranian had been on trial since October 24 with twelve other defendants for participation in a criminal association, drug trafficking and money laundering, before the Nice Criminal Court where he appeared free.
The sentences handed down for this drug trafficking dating back to 2016 range from 18 months suspended up to 12 years for Christophe Dicranian presented by the prosecution, who had requested 16 years, as the chief of this trafficking.
The court transformed, for three other defendants absent at the bar, the warrants of committal into arrest warrants.
Only one defendant was acquitted with the benefit of the doubt.
"
It was as if by chance arrested at 6:30 p.m.
", while the judgment was to be rendered at 7 p.m., "
and this in the context of a preliminary investigation, it is not a normal process
", lambasted the lawyer by Christophe Dicranian, Me Audrey Vazzana.
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In September 2016, during the dismantling of this network, the judicial police of Nice had discovered in three boxes and at the homes of the defendants 580 kg of cannabis, stolen vehicles used to transport drugs, 8 kg of cocaine and 560,000 euros in cash.
Over the prevention period, a little less than a year, this network is suspected "
of having sold no less than 3 tons of cannabis
".