The Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, asked Friday, March 10 "
the most total firmness
" after the arrest the day before of a customs officer suspected of being involved in an international drug trafficking network.
According to
Le Parisien
, which revealed the case, around fifteen people were arrested on Wednesday February 8 in the Paris suburbs for their alleged involvement in a major cocaine traffic.
According to the newspaper, the drugs were transported from Mexico with the complicity of a customs officer from Roissy who was paid to collect the suitcases on their arrival at the airport and to bring the goods out.
“
I refuse that an individual drift discredits all the agents who, every day, fight tirelessly against all traffic
,” said Gabriel Attal, in charge of customs, in his press release.
“
Less than a month ago, customs seized 1.9 tons of cocaine in Le Havre, the largest seizure recorded in mainland France
,” he recalled.