The Minister of the Interior confirms this Wednesday the information revealed by the JDD: the Marseille drug trafficker Mohamed Djeha, known as "Mimo" was arrested last Thursday in Oran (Algeria). On the run for several years, this boss of a network of the city of Castellane in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) was sentenced last month to 30 years in prison by the Assize Court of Aix-en-Provence.
"There is little chance that he will be extradited," an Algerian official source told the JDD. The objective is for him to serve in Algeria the sentences for which he was convicted... »
'Stuck there'
"This is an important event," Gérald Darmanin, Minister of the Interior, said on Twitter. One of the biggest drug traffickers in Marseille (...) was arrested in Algeria. Thank you to the investigators for their work and to the Algerian authorities for our cooperation. »
Important event: one of the biggest drug traffickers in Marseille, sentenced last month to 30 years in prison by the Assize Court of Aix-en-Provence, was arrested in Algeria.
Thank you to the investigators for their work and to the Algerian authorities for our cooperation. https://t.co/minr3S94xS
— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) June 21, 2023
"Mimo", 41, was one of the priority targets of the Anti-Narcotics Office (OFAST). Last May, he was sentenced to 30 years for having ordered a settling of accounts on the A55 motorway in February 2017, recalls La Provence.
He was found guilty of having ordered or authorized this settling of accounts against the backdrop of the struggle of territories for drug trafficking in Castellane, including Tower K, whose daily turnover was estimated between 50,000 and 80,000 euros before its demolition in 2019.
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"Mimo, he's really strong," an investigator told the regional daily. He manages everything, traffic in large quantities, settling scores." While another nuanced: "He is clever, but far from his family, from home... He's stuck there. »