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Drugs: up to five years in prison for Saint-Ouen traffickers

2023-06-06T19:51:07.745Z

Highlights: From the lookout to the manager, nine men who operated on one of the main deal points in the Paris region in Saint-Ouen in 2021 were sentenced. The closure of the two towers put an end to the Boute-en-Train deal that operated 24 hours a day. At the end of April, the same court had sentenced to six to ten years in prison the drug trafficking executives of this city arrested in 24 and 2020. The defendants were acquitted of charges of transporting, acquiring, offering or transferring cocaine. They were also fined between 1,000 and 40,000 euros.


From the lookout to the manager, nine men who operated on one of the main deal points in the Paris region in Saint-Ouen in 2021 were...


From the lookout to the manager, nine men who operated on one of the main deal points in the Paris region in Saint-Ouen in 2021 were sentenced on Tuesday, June 6 by the Bobigny Criminal Court to sentences ranging from 8 months to 5 years in prison.

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The organizations set up for trafficking were altered by multiple previous arrests, "explained the president of the 13th correctional chamber Jean-Baptiste Acchiardi before the sentencing. In this case, "the delinquent anchoring is less deep and limited by the definitive closure of the city of Boute-en-Train at the end of 2021," added the magistrate.

Nine men had taken over

The closure of the two towers, located in the heart of the famous Saint-Ouen flea market, put an end to the Boute-en-Train deal that operated 24 hours a day. At the end of April, the same court had sentenced to six to ten years in prison the drug trafficking executives of this city arrested in 24 and 2020. In this second part of a series of trials on drug trafficking in Saint-Ouen and its surroundings, nine men appeared since May 2021 who, according to the prosecution, had taken over in the organization of trafficking.

Aged between 22 and 47, they were prosecuted for facts dating from March to November 2021 in Saint-Ouen, one of the main cities supplying cannabis and cocaine on the Parisian square. Two of them were sentenced to five years in prison and continued detention, convicted, in addition to drug trafficking, of possession of weapons. At their side in the box, a 31-year-old man, in charge of the "global supervision of trafficking" according to the president, was sentenced to five years in prison with continued detention, including one year suspended for two years. The court highlighted his "efforts in detention."

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Two others were sentenced to four years in prison, including 18 months probation for two years. One of the nannies was sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment, 18 months of which were suspended, a sentence she will serve under an electronic bracelet. A lookout was given an 8-month suspended prison sentence and walked out of court completely free. In the absence of seizure, the defendants were acquitted of charges of transporting, acquiring, offering or transferring cocaine. They were also fined between 1,000 and 40,000 euros and banned from Saint-Ouen for at least three years.

Source: lefigaro

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