Always on the road to supply dealers in Île-de-France and the provinces, he is suspected of being the driver of "parking traffickers".
Sofiane, 31, was kept behind bars on Tuesday January 10 by the Versailles investigating chamber (Yvelines).
This opportunistic petty criminal, from Essonne, is the last suspect of the gang indicted on October 31, 2022 in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine), for his involvement in this vast trafficking of heroin and cocaine.
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“It's not at my age, with my baccalaureate, that I'm going to get into narcotics.
If I had known, I would never have supported my family on dirty money.
Besides, I have always worked to live, ”assures this man who tries to pass himself off as a victim.
His lawyer believes that he is "just an added piece" in this story.
“He admitted to having made a few trips, explains his advice.
My client worked as a paramedic and in the kitchen.
Then he tried to implement a real estate project in Spain which did not work.
To get out of it, he was moonlighting in Spain when he had the opportunity to drive for these two traffickers without really understanding what it was all about.
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Nurse cars parked in public car parks
This story begins on December 20, 2020, when a woman who rents her apartment on Leboncoin.fr in Asnières-sur-Seine (Hauts-de-Seine) warns the police because her tenants have left the premises hastily, leaving 830 g of cocaine , 16 g of heroin, an alarm gun and a cell phone.
To facilitate the work of the police, Ismaëla gave her real identity to sign the lease.
Investigators from the departmental judicial police service (SDPJ92) identify the members of this team who are from Paris, Alfortville, Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) and Rouen (Seine-Maritime).
They conduct research on telephony, put beacons on cars and do not count their hours of surveillance before understanding how the system works.
The traffic supplies retailers in the Paris region but also in Savoie, in the West, in the South and South-West of France.
The criminals stay temporarily in hotels or rentals and store the drugs in "nurse cars", parked in public car parks.
These vehicles are rented or made up to avoid being identified and they are all equipped with caches arranged in the doors to discreetly deliver their customers.
"Sekou" and Fatima, the spouses at the head of the network?
On May 6, 2021 three men were arrested in two hotel rooms in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
The police discover two Renault Scénics parked in car parks and get their hands on ten kilos of heroin, two kilos of cocaine and more than 14,000 euros.
But the tenant of the Asnières apartment is on the run.
The three suspects deny all involvement in this traffic.
One of them argues before the investigating judge that his trips are linked to the purchase and resale of vehicles.
The continuation of the investigation makes it possible to identify another network head.
A certain "Sekou", already sentenced with his wife Fatima for extensive drug trafficking in Seine-Maritime.
This young woman is under judicial control in Rouen but she often travels to Spain.
She goes to Madrid to conceive a child in vitro, but also in a villa on the side of Alicante, where her companion has settled with his accomplices.
In June 2022, the Ile-de-France police, supported by their colleagues from the central management of the judicial police, scam these traffickers who pass through the North to get food in the Netherlands or Belgium, before ensuring their deliveries.
Mercedes class S, Audi RS3, Fiat 500…
On September 12 and 13, 2022, two new "nurse cars" were spotted in car parks at Porte de Champerret (17th century) and in the nearby suburbs.
Officials have them sniffed by anti-narcotics dogs and seize more than 20 kg of white powder inside.
Four days later, the two main suspects were arrested in Pau (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) in a car by BRI men from Bayonne, on the road to the Iberian Peninsula.
The police get their hands on 6,800 euros.
Fatima is arrested at her parents' house in Normandy.
The traffickers totally deny.
"Sekou" adds that his wife is not involved.
This 34-year-old woman, whose criminal record already has six entries, is suspected of participating in the group's criminal activities by providing logistical support: the supply of rental cars which they use for their travel.
It is about a Mercedes class S, an Audi RS3 and a Fiat 500. The investigations make it possible to make the link with another procedure opened in Pontoise (Val-d'Oise) during which, an accomplice clearly accuses "Sekou".
This intermediary assures that he provided him with "nurse cars" and put him in touch with buyers.
For his services, he would have received 65,000 euros.
These two had presented themselves as business leaders
On October 17, 2022, it was the seventh suspect in this case, spotted thanks to the passage at the toll, who presented himself to the police station to explain himself.
Sofiane confirms that he lives in Alicante and that he has agreed to drive the two traffic managers between Spain and various points in France.
The 30-year-old maintains that he is innocent and that these two had presented themselves as business leaders met in Spain.
He admits having learned later that he was carrying drugs.
Law enforcement found driving directions, account sheets and a video with wads of cash on his phone that suggest he is little more than a driver.
“The file establishes ten routes to supply deal points, notes the Advocate General.
It is a particularly well organized large-scale traffic.
His motivation is obvious, it's dirty and easy money”.
