Opening in Avignon of the trial of 9 people suspected of having set up a “cocaine drive”
The traffic lasted several months. Between August 2021 and March 2022, it allowed consumers to refuel directly driving their cars in cannabis and cocaine. The trial of the instigators is open Wednesday before the criminal court of Avignon. During the first day, a question came up many times from the president: “What was your role in the camp”? A request repeated many times, but which often remained unanswered, the defendants constantly affirming “that there was no boss and no hierarchy in this group”. A line of defense undermined only by one of the co-defendants calling one of them “dad because he knew how to make people hear”…. A man against whom the heaviest sadness.
A special atmosphere
But in addition to the content of the debates, it is above all the atmosphere of the day that will be remembered. The president was surprised to see the co-defendants laughing together in the box. But he himself will not have failed to make smile reminding one of the members of the group “that he could buy 40 chihuahuas, but in no case a 1st category dog with his criminal record”, or even that “banking establishments were invented in Italy as early as the 12th century and that they are extremely practical for placing money there”, echoing a sum of 22,000 euros in cash found during searches.
Sentences of 6 years in prison to 1 year suspended were obtained. The hearing begins at 8:30 a.m. Thursday with the defense arguments.
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