Toulouse. They were returning from Spain with 32 kg of drugs hidden under the dashboard
Through Laurent Derne
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The nature of their activities aroused the suspicions of the investigators of theOFAST (Anti-narcotics office). Under surveillance, this team based in the Bellefontaine district, in Toulouse, multiplied the aisles and places and trips to spain. The police quickly understood that it was not to stock up on olives with anchovies.
A team from the Bellefontaine district
After a trip (under surveillance) in October, then a second in November, a anti-drug operation was mounted in collaboration with the Spanish police for that of the end of the year.
Friday December 10, 2021, around 10 p.m., two individuals aged 27 and 34 were arrested in Toulouse by OFAST and the BRI (PJ Research and Intervention Brigade) in a car returning from Spain. Dune cover hidden under the dashboard, the police exhumed near 32 kg of resin of cannabis.
Three cars, a scooter, cash and drugs seized
Two days later, a 29-year-old alleged accomplice, from whom the investigators seized 1 kg of resin, joined them in police custody. In total, the searches launched at the homes of the suspects made it possible to enter 15,000 euros in cash and more than 3.5 kg of resin of cannabis.
Two other vehicles – one of which had the same type of fitted cache – and one high displacement scooter were also seized under criminal assets.
Three men in pre-trial detention
Referred to Toulouse public prosecutor’s office, Tuesday, December 14, the three defendants were indicted on charges of “possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and importation of narcotics”, according to the public prosecutor Samuel Vuelta-Simon. They were remanded in custody.
“The investigation is now continuing under the direction of an investigating judge with a view to identifying the other authors, co-perpetrators or accomplices in trafficking, as well as all the beneficiaries”, concluded the magistrate.
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