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Seine-et-Marne: seven tons of laughing gas seized in Noisiel, a record in France

2022-01-03T18:18:52.133Z


In total, the value of the loot is estimated at 2.7 million euros. A record quantity of seven tonnes of nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, with a market value of 2.7 million euros were seized in December in Seine-et-Marne, the national police announced on Twitter on Monday. . [#Interpellations] Record seizure of 16 tonnes of nitrous oxide bottles in #SeineEtMarne: ➡️ 7 tonnes of encapsulated gas ➡️ market value of € 2.75 million ➡️3 people arrested ⚠️Use n


A record quantity of seven tonnes of nitrous oxide, also called laughing gas, with a market value of 2.7 million euros were seized in December in Seine-et-Marne, the national police announced on Twitter on Monday. .

[#Interpellations] Record seizure of 16 tonnes of nitrous oxide bottles in #SeineEtMarne:


➡️ 7 tonnes of encapsulated gas


➡️ market value of € 2.75 million


➡️3 people arrested


⚠️Use nitrous oxide in #GazHilarant is dangerous for health!

pic.twitter.com/9EpVekzV2k

- National Police (@PoliceNationale) January 3, 2022

Encapsulated in bottles, the gas was discovered in a hangar in Noisiel (Seine-et-Marne), added a police source.

This seizure is the largest seizure ever made in France, according to this source.

The investigation opened in September by the Lyon public prosecutor's office made it possible to put together an “international network for the resale of nitrous oxide” and to identify a storage location in Seine-et-Marne, the source said.

Two people were arrested on December 9 at Le Bourget, including the head of the network, said the same source, confirming information from the newspaper Le Monde.

The investigation, entrusted to the departmental security of the Rhône, was opened in September for work concealed in an organized gang, street sales and sale or distribution of a product specifically intended to facilitate the extraction of nitrous oxide to obtain the results. psychoactive effects, the prosecution told AFP in mid-October.

At the end of September, four tonnes had been seized in Villeurbanne, near Lyon, and several people arrested.

A popular gas for revelers

Over the counter, laughing gas, which can be found in the form of cartridges for whipped cream siphons or in the medical sector for anesthetic purposes, is popular with party-goers and young people, who divert its use for its euphoric effect. .

Read also Neurological sequelae, death ... the worrying mode of laughing gas in young people

The consumption of nitrous oxide presents risks such as suffocation, loss of consciousness, burns but also, in the event of repeated use and / or in high doses, severe neurological, hematological, psychiatric and cardiac disorders, warns on its website the Interministerial Mission for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviors.

Since June 1, 2021, a law prohibits “selling and distributing” this product “in order to obtain psychoactive effects”, under penalty of a fine of 3,750 euros.

Source: leparis

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