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A mayor in custody then released: what we know about the anti-drug net in Canteleu in Seine-Maritime

2021-10-10T11:55:14.527Z


Sixteen people were arrested on Friday as part of an investigation into drug trafficking carried out by an investigating judge in Bo


The affair caused a stir.

Two elected officials from the Rouen region were arrested and then released as part of a vast investigation into drug trafficking conducted by an examining magistrate from Bobigny (Seine-Saint-Denis).

In total, sixteen people were arrested on Friday.

What are we talking about ?

Friday, one million euros in assets, including sums placed in bank accounts, 375,000 euros in cash as well as vehicles, were seized during searches carried out on Friday, according to this source familiar with the matter.

In addition to this sum, the searches allowed investigators to discover 15 kg of heroin, 25 kg of cutting product and firearms, said Bobigny public prosecutor Eric Mathais on Friday.

Who was arrested?

In total, nineteen people were arrested on Friday morning, fifteen in Seine-Maritime and four in Seine-Saint-Denis. Police custody can last up to 96 hours. Among them, the deputy mayor PS of Canteleu, near Rouen (Seine-Maritime) was arrested and then released on Saturday at 4.30 p.m. “No charges have been brought against him. his personal belongings and seals were returned to him, "said his lawyer Me Jérémy Kalfon on Sunday, confirming information from a source close to the case.

According to the lawyer for the elected official, “when you are part of a municipal team, you are in contact with many citizens, and among them there may be some who are less honest than others.

It is these contacts which were able to put the chip in the ear of the investigators (…) The police officers, through their questions, wanted more to close doors than to open them ”.

“My client is worried about the fuss there has been around this affair and the proportions this affair has taken.

Spending 36 hours in police custody is always trying, ”he added.

The mayor of Canteleu Mélanie Boulanger, PS mayor of the city since 2014, vice-president of the metropolis of Rouen and former head of the PS-EELV list for the regional in Normandy, had also been placed in police custody on Friday morning and handed over free on Saturday.

Within the framework of which investigation?

Friday, the Bobigny public prosecutor's office had indicated that the people had been arrested and placed in police custody "on the rogatory commission of an investigating judge from Bobigny, seized of a judicial investigation opened since September 2019 of the heads of drug trafficking and criminal association ”.

According to a source familiar with the matter in Paris Normandie, “we are talking about a historic family in Canteleu.

People in the sights of the police for several years (…) “this family had a very strong influence on the local political world in Canteleu”.

It was the arrest for cocaine trafficking in 2019 of a “family lieutenant” that put these people in the sights of justice.

Source: leparis

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