Near Toulouse. Drug trafficking: the gendarmerie brought down the network that raged in the city center
By Thibaut Calatayud
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Stoppage for these traffickers. While investigating for more than a year, the Haute-Garonne gendarmerie was able to dismantle a network that was rampant in the town of Grenadenear Toulouse.
Complaints from residents
It all started at the start of 2021. The military were alerted by local residents who complained about the nuisance and incivilities generated by a group of young people. According to locals, they seem to be dealing drugs.
In the wake of these reports, “an investigation has been opened under the aegis of the Toulouse court and led by the Toulouse-Mirail research brigade for drug trafficking and money laundering”, explain the gendarmes on their Facebook.
In “Uber shit” mode
Investigations for several months. Little by little, the investigators, supported by the community of brigades of Granada, managed to identify the protagonists of this traffic which is in full swing in the city center of this town in the north of Toulouse.
Surveillance also makes it possible to discover the modus operandi of resellers. These use the social networks to receive customer orders and then deliver them in mode “Uber shit”. Understand fast and door-to-door delivery, such as the famous application that allows meals to be delivered.
11 arrests
Armed with these elements, the military and the municipal police carried out a first series of arrests at the beginning of December 2021. Seven individuals are arrested. Liquid, 2.5 kilos of resin, 1.4 kilos of grass and 49 grams of cocaine are seized during the operation.
Tuesday, March 8, 2022, four other suspects are arrested. “The hearings confirmed the involvement of the parties as well as the continuity of the traffic”, indicates the gendarmerie.
In total, it is a structured network of 11 people who have been put on hold.
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