A man in his twenties was indicted on Friday for drug trafficking, after being arrested in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) last week in possession of more than 200,000 euros, learned Tuesday the AFP from concordant sources.
Such a sum in cash constitutes "
a rare seizure
", commented a source close to the file, specifying that the suspect was already well known to the police, in particular for drug trafficking.
Custody
On Friday, he was also indicted for participation in a criminal association, possession and acquisition of category B weapons. The suspect was then placed in pre-trial detention, said the Nanterre prosecution, joined by AFP.
His arrest took place on March 7, in Nanterre, a town of more than 90,000 inhabitants located about ten kilometers west of Paris.
The young man then had on him a large sum of money (212,000 euros), 72 kg of resin, 15 kg of grass and a hundred capsules of cannabis of one gram each.
A preliminary investigation was opened in the wake of the prosecution, entrusted to the judicial police of the department.
The investigations are now continuing in the form of a judicial inquiry.