Rhone. The judicial police of Lyon at the origin of a seizure of 700 kilos of cannabis in the Oise
The police officers of the OFAST (Anti-Narcotics Office) of Lyon are at the origin of a seizure of 700 kg of cannabis resin, Monday morning in a warehouse of Gouvieux, near Senlis in the Oise, indicates L’Observateur de Beauvais quoting CNEWS . Information revealed by a tweet from the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. Four people, arrested on the spot and placed in police custody in Creil must be degraded this Wednesday in Lyon for a presentation in court.
Heavy traffic
For months, the Lyon judicial police had been monitoring heavy goods vehicles suspected of importing large quantities of cannabis from Spain into the Loire department. The investigations made it possible to determine that it was a traffic of greater magnitude, supplying not only the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region but also the Ile de France and the Hauts de France.
Spotted at the border
As part of the judicial investigation opened by the JIRS (Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction) of Lyon, the Lyon OFAST investigators continued the surveillance, which enabled them to locate a suspicious heavy goods vehicle which crossed the border. They then set up a follow-up which turned out to be decisive.
Preceded by an opening car, the truck crossed a good part of France, to a warehouse, protected by a jammer, located in an industrial area of Gouvieux. Early Monday, four men, including the driver of the heavy goods vehicle, who were beginning to unload the cannabis, were arrested in flagrante delicto by officers from the OFAST and BRI (research and intervention brigade) of the police. judiciary of Creil. During their hearing, the suspects minimized their role, saying they did not know the nature of the goods they were transporting and unloading.
A very active network
In the current state of the investigation, it appears that this network organized two to four trips per month and would be linked to a Spanish company whose name appeared in 2019 in a case of importing 1,400 kilos of cannabis resin in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dome).