This video is all about successful advertising.
A "warm welcome" promised, products presented in their best light, images shot with a drone, a song by the local rapper SCH in the background, without forgetting, of course, practical information: service "all week" from 11 am to 2 o'clock in the morning and a precise address in the Marseille city of Château Saint-Loup, in the Bouches-du-Rhône.
However, the merchandise offered is not legal.
Marseilles, the dealers carry out an advertising spot to promote their point of sale of narcotics.
They promise customers "a warm welcome" and continuous service throughout the week.
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For two days, this clip shot by dealers of the Travers Chante-Perdrix of the 10th arrondissement of the city has been making the rounds of social networks, as reported by France Bleu.
According to local radio, customers can even track inventory status and order live.
A planned intervention
This practice is not really new, but the video has made people react.
Starting with the member for Bouches-du-Rhône, Alexandra Louis.
She denounces "delinquents who hold the inhabitants of these districts hostage and literally rot the lives of many Marseillais".
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The controversy continues
The same feeling of "total helplessness" on the part of the inhabitants.
The president of the neighborhood interest committees of the 10th arrondissement also informed France Bleu that flyers had already been distributed in mailboxes for several months, displaying in particular the prices of the proposed drug.
According to local radio, the CRS were to intervene in the city of Château Saint-Loup.
Contacted by Le Parisien, the Interior Ministry has not yet provided details.