He had spotted suspicious activities near his home.
A resident of Perreux-sur-Marne notified the police station, suspecting drug trafficking.
Good pick.
After three days of surveillance, police officers from the Val-de-Marne Territorial Security got their hands on a drug trafficker and 500 kg of cannabis resin in a vehicle in Perreux then at his home, in Gretz-Armainvilliers (Seine). -et-Marne), Friday evening.
Créteil, January 21, 2024. Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin went to the Créteil police station to congratulate the Val-de-Marne Territorial Security police officers after the arrest of a drug trafficker with 500 kilos of cannabis resin in Perreux-sur-Marne and Gretz-Armainvilliers.
A “very impressive catch, with a market value of one million euros” that the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, was keen to salute by visiting the premises of the ST94 at the Créteil police station, Sunday after- noon.
He took the time to congratulate one by one the police officers from the two drug groups who worked on the case, while the accused was being interviewed in another room.
“Experienced investigators”
The police began the arrest on Friday, shortly before 7 p.m., after observing an exchange of suspicious suitcases placed in a utility vehicle.
The search allowed them to discover ten suitcases containing more than 30 kg of resin each, or 330 kg in total.
After taking the man into custody, they went to search his home in Gretz-Armainvilliers, where they found five additional suitcases, i.e. 165 kg of cannabis, as well as several thousand euros in cash.
“Police officers from the Territorial Security narcotics groups regularly manage to dismantle large-scale drug trafficking,” says Frédéric Le Coënt, zonal delegate of the Alliance 94 union. “They are experienced investigators who carry out excellent quality work.
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“I want to tell the truth to the French: drugs are everywhere in our society.
The police and gendarmes too, warns Gérald Darmanin.
Of the 4,000 deal points identified in France at the end of 2020, 1,000 had been deleted at the end of 2023 and have not been reconstituted.
We have not won the war but we are winning battles.
Again on Saturday, in Torcy (Seine-et-Marne), courageous police officers got their hands on 70 kg of cannabis after refusing to comply.
» More than 20,100 traffickers were arrested in 2023 and around 19,000 in 2022, adds the ministry.