Toulouse: Master’s student, she delivered drugs to finance her studies
A 21-year-old girl has just been convicted of drug trafficking by the Toulouse criminal court. To pay for her studies, she delivered cocaine and cannabis until her arrest by the police.
Driven by debt, a brilliant student from Toulouse has chosen to be a dealer to try to get out of it. Her decision took her to court this week. Aged 21, she presents a youthful face in front of her responding judges, she answers without difficulty.
Her worries started on Tuesday January 17 when she was stopped by the police in downtown Toulouse. Drug delivery in “ubershit” mode, the young woman was found to be in possession of ten grams of cocaine and 180 grams of cannabis grass and resin. Arrested, the student is placed in police custody where she answers all the questions of the police.
She describes in particular the hazards that led to the traffic. While she is doing a master’s degree in a business school, Maria loses her work-study contract. His studies are very expensive. At only 21, she is accumulating a debt of several thousand euros and risks losing her apartment.
Then comes the temptation. She was recruited at the beginning of December via the Snapchat social network to make drug deliveries in Toulouse. At 10 euros a ride, she “works” four days a week from 2 p.m. to 11 p.m.
“At the heart of the traffic” accuses the prosecutor
At the immediate comparison hearing, the prosecutor described “the intensity of effective traffic that even offers promotions on Saturday evenings. It is a harmonized system where we aim to build customer loyalty. This business school student finds herself at the heart of this traffic. Yet he is someone who should never have fallen into it. And to require 15 months in prison with suspended probation against the one who has no record.
Standing in her cubicle, Maria breaks down. His lawyer, Me Sarah Nabet-Claverie, wonders about the choice of an immediate comparison. “She recognizes everything from her first audition. She’s not a delinquent. Who do we want to punish? Why didn’t we go find those she worked for? We decide not to punish the sponsor who sends them quietly from his sofa ”. The lawyer insists: “His studies are very expensive. She didn’t do this easily. It’s dangerous for a young girl.
The court decided to sentence the student to 15 months in prison with a simple suspended sentence. She emerged free from the courthouse but tested.