INFO LA DEPECHE Toulouse: a professional poker player and two men arrested after several go fast
Three men aged 34, 30 and 27 are indicted for their participation in drug trafficking. They were arrested following several go fast between Spain and Toulouse.
The clever cover, under the dashboard of the car, did not deceive the vigilance of the investigators. Last Friday, OFAST police officers, assisted by those from the search and intervention vehicle brigade (BRI) of the judicial police, apprehended two men who were traveling in two, coming from Spain and towards Toulouse. And during the auto search, officials got hold of 31 kg of concealed sue cannabis resin.
This discovery is not the result of chance. On the basis of information, OFAST takes a close interest in a team of criminals from the Bagatelle district in Toulouse. The investigation began on October 29 and identified three people. According to our information, one of them is an internationally recognized poker player. The 34-year-old used to make a lot of money from this card game but found himself without resources during the pandemic. To compensate for his losses, he chose the illegal way. One of his relatives allegedly provided him with cars suitable for drug trafficking. He would have traveled at least seven times between Spain and France to transport the drugs. During his last convoy on Friday, this individual was driving the opener car. He was arrested at the Palays toll in Toulouse. The car behind and transporting the goods was also stopped.
35 kilos in total
In addition to these two suspects, the investigations made it possible to find the trace of a third individual, considered as an accomplice. According to the Toulouse prosecutor’s office, during the searches, four other kilos and € 15,000 in cash were also recovered. Money from trafficking? May be. The three protagonists were indicted for possession, offer, transfer, importation of narcotics. The poker player, assisted by Me Parra-Bruguière, and the two other defendants, aged 27 and 30, are in pre-trial detention.