Toulouse: from 6 months to 8 years in prison for traffickers in the Izards district
Since Wednesday, thirteen participants in organized drug trafficking in the Izards district of Toulouse have been tried by the criminal court.
It was a trial that was expected and it kept its promises. After two days of hearing during the included one of the defendants confessed, chose rare in the middle, the court has just pronounced the sentences. The seven main participants in organized drug trafficking in the Izards district between January and June 2020 are sentenced to 2 to 8 years in prison. The 6 other defendants, interpreted as small hands, are sentenced to sentences between 6 months suspended and 30 months firm.
As the summer of 2020 dawned, suspects were earning tens of thousands of dollars a month from a bustling drug outlet. At its head, two individuals now aged 25 and 26. One of them, defended by Me Alexandre Parra-Bruguière surprised everyone by revealing his main role in this network. A courageous act for this person already indicted for two homicides. his cell, he is indeed suspected of having organized since the killing of Ameur Bouazza on September 7, 2020.
Arrested in Saint-Tropez, in a luxury villa
In addition to the deal point located at the bottom of the towers, this man and his partner used social networks to advertise and offer delivery. Not so common at the time. And these offenders at the forefront of the news, had even anticipated the measures linked to the health crisis. As proof, when they left the first confinement, all their sellers were equipped with FFP2 masks and hydroalcoholic gel. Enough to guarantee the safety of customers and continue to earn money. Enough to book a week in a suite in Saint-Tropez. A villa rented 1500€ per day.
At the end of the debates, the prosecutor requested sentences of 1 to 9 years in prison for the client of Me Parra-Bruguière. With Mare Brandely, Franck, Joly, Nabet-Claverie, Alfort, Cohen, Debuisson, Derieux, Martin, and Zanin, they all defended their position. “I am satisfied that the court has understood the real position of my client in this case and that the sentence requested by the prosecutor has been reduced”, confesses Alexandre Parra-Bruguière.