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Up to eight years in prison for Bulgarian henchmen recruited to recover a deal point

2023-01-25T14:56:56.219Z


They had recruited Bulgarian henchmen to recover a lucrative narcotics point of sale in Perpignan: convictions ranging...


They had recruited Bulgarian henchmen to recover a lucrative narcotics point of sale in Perpignan: sentences of up to eight years in prison were handed down on Wednesday, January 25, at the trial of a violent turf war between rival gangs .

Since January 9, 19 defendants have appeared in this case, before the criminal court of the specialized interregional jurisdiction of Marseille.

Sensitive district Saint-Jacques

At the end of 2019, after his release from prison, Hafid Chaouch regained control of the "

stups

" plan of Betriu, in the sensitive Saint-Jacques district, in the heart of the capital of French Catalonia, from his former associates of the Djidel / Tartaya clan. .

Unwilling to let go of a point of sale generating a daily turnover estimated between 30,000 and 50,000 euros, they had counter-attacked at the beginning of 2020, with the help of Bulgarian henchmen recruited for the occasion.

In total, according to the prosecution, around thirty would have been hired, housed in hotels, equipped with vehicles and paid handsomely, up to 3,500 euros per month.

At the end of the investigation, however, only eight were summoned to the bench of the defendants.

“Lion” sentenced to eight years

The most severe sentence was pronounced against Kada Djidel, 33, alias "

Lion

", sentenced to eight years in prison, a fine of 80,000 euros, a ban on managing a company and a ban on setting foot in the Pyrenees- Orientales for five years, and a ban on carrying a weapon for ten years.

Present during the debates but absent at the statement of the judgment on Wednesday, the defendant is now subject to an arrest warrant.

The case of his half-brother, Hakim Djidel, who would live in Dubai, had been separated from the start.

Presented by the prosecution as the "

lieutenant

" of the Djidel brothers, Raphaël Alonso received a five-year prison sentence, one year less than the requisitions.

Capitol Attack

The court also reduced by one year the sentence requested by the prosecution for Paraskrev Krastev, a Bulgarian agricultural worker based in the Drôme to whom the team had addressed to hire reinforcements, with four years in prison and 10,000 euros in fines. 'fine.

Also absent on Wednesday, he is also concerned by an arrest warrant.

For the eight Bulgarian henchmen prosecuted, four of whom never appeared at the hearing, the sentences imposed are three or four years in prison, with a ban on French territory for ten years.

Hooded and armed, they had notably participated, on January 18, 2020, in the attack on the Capitol, a bar in the city center, with the intention of kidnapping a certain “

Lolo

” from the opposing gang.

These troops had also been used for demonstrations of force in the neighborhood, before the effective resumption of the Bétriu point of sale on the night of January 28 to 29, 2020.

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The members of the Perpignan team involved in the accommodation and management of the Bulgarians on the ground were sentenced to two-year terms, one of which was suspended for four years.

Judged solely for non-justification of resources, Abdellah Tartaya, half-brother of Kada Djidel, received a six-month suspended prison sentence.

The culmination of hostilities between the two teams, Abdellah Tartaya was kidnapped on November 14, 2019, after being thrown into a vehicle trunk.

His captors, who reportedly demanded a ransom of 200,000 euros, doused him in gasoline before he could flee.

Also prosecuted in this case, his brother Mohamed Tartaya died in Morocco in 2021.

Source: lefigaro

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