Nine people, four of whom were remanded in custody, are being prosecuted for heroin trafficking in Ille-et-Vilaine and other departments in the West, the Rennes public prosecutor announced on Saturday.

The defendants were arrested on October 5 during a major operation mobilizing some 150 gendarmes from Ille-et-Vilaine, Manche, Indre-et-Loire, Mayenne, Vienne, as well as the GIGN branch in Caen.

They are being prosecuted for drug trafficking and complicity in drug trafficking, as well as, for one of them, possession of category C weapons, said Rennes prosecutor Philippe Astruc in a press release.

During the searches, nearly 8 kg of heroin, 100 g of cannabis, weapons and 38,000 euros in cash were found, specifies the prosecutor.

Six vehicles were also seized as well as the sum of 51,000 euros in a bank account.

In preliminary investigation opened in 2019

The suspects are eight men and one woman, aged 21 to 56, all of whom have criminal records except for one person. They present professional situations "for the most part fragile" except one who runs a transport company. Three are summoned as part of a CRPC (appearance on prior admission of guilt, editor's note) for drug trafficking and heroin use. They were left free at the end of their police custody.

The other six were referred Friday to the Rennes prosecutor's office as part of a deferred appearance scheduled for December 6 and 7. Of these six people, four have been remanded in custody and two are under judicial supervision. About fifteen clients were also heard. A preliminary investigation was opened in June 2019 for drug trafficking by the Vitré research squad after the discovery of a sum of 5,000 euros in Retiers (Ille-et-Vilaine) "appearing to be related to this type of activity" , specifies the press release.

The departmental narcotics group of the Rennes gendarmerie company was brought into the case in June 2021. “Following investigations, both physical and technical, several supply routes to customers, themselves resellers of this product. product, were detected ”, indicates the prosecutor.

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