A motorist, who could have been the victim of a settling of accounts linked to the trafficking of narcotic products, died Sunday afternoon in Cavaillon (Vaucluse) after receiving several bullets, we learned from the firefighters and source close to the investigation.

The first settling of accounts of the year

At around 5 p.m., the man, in his thirties, who was driving in a vehicle on a boulevard near the city center of Cavaillon, was fatally injured by a firearm, said firefighters , confirming information from

La Provence.

"We are no longer on the trail of a settling of scores, even if it is still far too early to confirm it," said a source close to the investigation to AFP.

If this lead were to be confirmed, it would be the first settlement of accounts linked to drug trafficking in the Vaucluse, since the beginning of the year.

Miscellaneous

Marseille: Ten people arrested in connection with an investigation into two settlements

Miscellaneous

Valence: A man killed by bullets, the day after a "settling of accounts" having affected his brother

  • Reckoning

  • Drug traffic

  • Murder