Le Figaro Nice
Like the sensitive district of Les Moulins to the west of Nice, that of Les Liserons, to the east, does not have good press.
Plagued by drug trafficking and petty crime, he regularly hits the headlines.
Last Friday, three young dealers were arrested after beating several migrants.
This is in order to appropriate the apartment made available to them by the API association, which provides emergency housing.
“They were in the process of transforming the apartment into a logistics base for traffic
,” says a Nice police officer.
In fact, during their arrest, small quantities of cocaine and cannabis were discovered in the apartment of the refugees.
Placed in police custody and then indicted for “drug trafficking”, “aggravated violence” and “home invasion”, all three were imprisoned pending their judgment.
In addition, a judicial investigation was opened at the request of the public prosecutor.
It is now up to an investigating judge to carry out further investigations.
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A weekly meeting to alleviate the scourge of drug trafficking in Nice
A pet peeve of the authorities, drug trafficking is a scourge that has been spreading exponentially to the Baie des Anges for several months.
The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes himself recently feared a "Marseillaise drift".
In order to prove that he has tackled the problem head-on, the representative of the State in the department set up a weekly working meeting at the beginning of April devoted specifically to the fight against delinquency in the district. des Moulins and more particularly against drug trafficking.
In charge of taking stock of the actions carried out during the past week and examining the evolution of delinquency, this operational meeting in which the City of Nice and the national police participate and the public prosecutor's office is invited, also makes it possible to decide on the adaptation of material and human resources in the field as well as the development of structured actions against drug networks.
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During the week of April 24 to May 1, 19 security operations were carried out at Les Moulins, for example, with some 563 people checked and 37 arrested, including 23 minors.
In the same interval, nearly a kilo of cannabis was seized, 313 grams of cocaine and 4852 euros in cash.
