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Saint-Nazaire: a man seriously injures a police officer during a drug seizure

2023-01-13T12:14:38.037Z


The police had to use a flash-ball to drive away a “hostile group” which had formed during their intervention, Thursday at 4:30 p.m., in a district unfavorably known for drug trafficking in this city of Loire-Atlantique.


Le Figaro Nantes

The places were “barricaded” to hinder the work of the police.

Large-area carts, chairs and boards were piled up in the lobby of a building on rue Barbara, located in the Bouletterie district of Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique).

This did not prevent a crew from intervening there, Thursday around 4:30 p.m., as part of an operation of

“repeated surveillance”

of this district

“very unfavorably known for drug trafficking”

, specifies in

Figaro

, the departmental direction Public Security (DDSP).

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On the spot, the police will arrest two individuals who did not hesitate to insult and threaten them.

Aged 20 and 21, he is a dealer and a lookout.

Their arrest was not the easiest, the watchman not having decided to let it go.

He first struck a blow in the face of a policeman who is

"seriously injured",

according to the DDSP.

In the process, at the time of the handcuffing, he attacked his colleague by pulling her violently by the hair.

The latter used a taser to make him let go.

58 sachets of cannabis resin

A commotion that attracted attention in the sector.

“A hostile group has formed to prevent the arrest of the individuals.

The police fired once with a flash-ball, without contact, to keep them away

, ”describes

the DDSP to

Le Figaro .

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The two young men arrested are being held in police custody.

On them, the police found 1,730 euros and 58 sachets of cannabis resin.

Source: lefigaro

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