A man from the overseas region of Guyana was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, including one year, by the court of Compiègne (Oise) for money laundering.
Dico Naisso was intercepted by customs on November 30 with the sum of 34,980 euros in cash in his travel bag.
The 47-year-old man came from Angers (Maine et Loire) and was transported by an acquaintance, for 1,400 euros.
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The two men were to go to the North, Dico Naisso, to Tourcoing and his driver, to Roubaix.
During their break, at the Ressons-sur-Matz rest area, the customs officers decide to check them.
It's around 4:30 p.m.
A black bag attracts their attention in the trunk of the Citroën DS 3. The dog specializing in the search for narcotics “marks” the luggage.
Inside, the customs officers did not find drugs, but a multitude of bundles rolled up in cellophane hidden behind clothing, packaged in a shoebox, itself wrapped in a cloth.
In total, there are 34,980 euros: 1,255 notes of 10, 20 and 50 euros.
“I asked him for money because he looked
bling-bling”
In the court of Compiègne, this Monday, the two men claim not to know the source of this money.
The driver, who was released, would have only made the taxi.
“I had to go to my cousin's birthday party.
A friend asked me if I could transport it, I accepted.
I asked him for money because he looked
bling-bling
when I met him at a party.
»
Dico Naisso engages: “A lady gave me the bag and recommended that I proceed in this way.
I had met him a few months earlier in the evening.
She told me that someone was going to contact me there and pay me 3,000 euros.
“When the president asks him if he did not find it fishy, he plays the sensitive chord, mentioning his fifteen children who remained in the country and his desire to bring his wife and four of them to offer them a better life. near Angers where he has family.
But his criminal record spoke for him.
He certainly only has two mentions, but has already served 2 years in prison after being sentenced in 2018 for drug trafficking.
Dico Naisso had swallowed pellets of cocaine and traveled from Guyana to France.
