Toulouse. He wanted to pay off his brother’s debts: three kilos of cannabis seized in his car
By Quentin Marais
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His “sense of family” could cost him a hell of a lot. When he wanted to help dealer son brother who had been caught by the police, a 33-year-old man was arrested on Tuesday March 15, 2022, Bagatelle district, in Toulouse: three kilos of cannabis were seized from his car.
A suspicious smell
At 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, the police are patrolling the neighborhood and are interested in two vehicles, parked side by side. From one of them, “escapes a characteristic odor cannabis resin“, indicates a police source to Toulouse news. Unable to open the cars, the police call a locksmith.
Meanwhile, a young driver parks nearby, and, faced with questions from the police officers, simply answers that she lives in the building located nearby. “She left a few moments later. According to the police, she seems disturbed by their presence.
A resident calls for help
In the aftermath, these same police officers are called by a resident of the building. The reason ? “A man was go home, through the balcony,” pursue this source. The 33-year-old man was arrested, and the police discovered his identity: “His name corresponds to the holder of the gray cards of the two vehicles parked below”.
Aware that the police were coming to him, he had tried to flee from the accommodation in which he was… and finished his race at a neighbor’s house, who called the police. He was quick to recognize the storage of cannabis in the trunk of one of the two vehicles: three kilos are seized.
5,000 euros found
But that won’t be the only seizure. The officials took advantage of the return of the young driver crossed at the start of the intervention to question him. “They realize that it is the ex-companion of the arrested gentlemanand they have a son.
A search carried out at the home of this 29-year-old woman, who lives in the adjoining building, and allowing the 33-year-old individual to escape from the sight of the police, will allow the discovery of 5,000 euros in cash.
Helping his brother
Placed in police custody, the ex-couple explained themselves. “The woman claims that it is her former companion, that he has the duplicate keys and that he comes to her house regularly to keep her son, because she works at night. But she was not at all aware of the activities of the father of her child, nor of the presence of money in his home”.
The 33-year-old will tell him, for his part, that “his brother” got caught by the police at a point of sale. As the individual has a sense of family, he vouched for the deal point for clear the debt of his brother”.
Result of the races: the young woman was left free, but her ex-boyfriend was referred Thursday, March 17, 2022, to be tried in immediate comparison.
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