The police in Caen (Calvados) arrested a dozen people involved in the smuggling and counterfeiting of cigarettes. The man suspected of being the head of the network will be tried Wednesday, November 7, 2018.
He was coming back from Luxembourg. With, in the trunk, 400 pots of rolling tobacco. The investigators of the Departmental Security of the central police station of Caen put a stop to the traffic, the night of Sunday to Monday, with the support of the GIR of Caen (Regional Intervention Group, mixing gendarmes and officials ). Police officers from the Narcotics and Underground Economy Brigade detained the alleged head of the network and nine accomplices, most of whom reside in the Caen region. They are suspected of smuggling and counterfeiting cigarettes.
Hundreds of pounds
The traffic lasted for about a year, fueled in particular by back and forth between Normandy and Luxembourg. It is estimated at several hundred pounds of tobacco, in various forms. He was out with knowledge.
The main instigator, a 33-year-old Armenian national, is expected to be tried in court immediately (express procedure) on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 in Caen. The other nine people are subsequently summoned to the Criminal Court.