Le Figaro Nantes
The place is not unknown to the police.
It is a point of deal on which they have already intervened.
Located rue Amédée-de-la-Patellière in the Dervallières district, in Nantes, it is subject to
“reinforced surveillance”
.
In this context, early Wednesday afternoon, members of the Chantenay police station spotted suspicious activity.
They immediately issue an alert.
Members of the Anti-Crime Brigade and the Canine Brigade are then called in as reinforcements as part of a
“flash operation”
as described by the departmental directorate of public security (DDSP) of Loire-Atlantique.
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Around 2:40 p.m., the decision was made to intervene.
Five people are arrested.
Two are consumers.
The other three are "charcoalists", drug dealers, according to police jargon.
The accommodation of one of them will be searched.
Inside, the police got their hands on an alarm pistol, cash and drugs.
In total, with what was found with the individuals, the discovery is as follows: more than €12,000, 303 grams of heroin, 8 grams of cocaine and 10 grams of cannabis resin.
Prohibition of stay in Loire-Atlantique
The police also manage to identify another suspect in connection with this case.
He will be arrested the next day, Thursday around 11 a.m., on the same deal point before being taken into custody.
“One of the four individuals arrested has been banned from staying in Loire-Atlantique following a previous conviction.
He had already been arrested for drug trafficking, on the same point of deal, on December 8, "
says
Le Figaro
, a source familiar with the matter.
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The four young men, aged between 18 and 20, were referred to the Nantes prosecutor's office on Friday.
They are expected to appear immediately this afternoon.