Miscellaneous – Justice | Avignon: he sells narcotics to pay his narcotics debts
He was arrested three times in one week! A drug addict, Alan, 27, left with the police three times between April 21 and 28. To put an end to this dangerous spiral, the prosecution decided to translate it yesterday, in immediate comparison. On April 28, this young man was apprehended in the Monclar district of Avignon doing the “chouf” near a deal point. Two days earlier, on April 26, the men of the police station had this time surprised at the end of a transaction. Seeing that he had just taken a stone to retrieve a small sachet underneath, the police checked him and seized 54g of packaged cannabis resin ready to be sold.
Five days before, on April 21, still at Monclar, Alan had been arrested after a sale. Various conical capsules that could contain cocaine had been found in a cache… “JI have no choice, explained the defendant. I owed them money because they had advanced me narcotics. I need to be followed“, he indicated, belatedly becoming aware of his addictions which, in the past, have always connoted his criminal record….”Why you say you have no choice” Asks President Marland. “And why do you have to wait until you are referred to say that you want to be followed?“The prosecutor requires 18 months in prison.”Our spring is gangrenous by the traffic of narcotics: “chuffeur”, coalman… We can no longer take a step without confronting this phenomenon which is taking place before our eyes”. “It’s hard to get out of an addiction“, pleads Me Emilie Blas for the defense of the defendant, while being surprised at the severity of the requisitions.
In the end, Alan was found guilty after the joinder of the three proceedings and sentenced to 12 months in prison, including 6 months accompanied by a probationary suspension for two years. He will have to find a job and will be banned from appearing in the Monclar district when he leaves.