A 48-year-old man was indicted Thursday, October 14 in Saint-Etienne and then imprisoned after the homicide of his drug supplier to whom he blamed the increase in his prices.
The suspect, known to justice with eleven convictions for aggravated theft or offenses against narcotics legislation, was earlier referred after 48 hours in police custody for his presentation to a judge. instruction.
The latter prosecuted him for "murder and drug trafficking".
The suspect feared the reaction of the family
Tuesday, October 12, the suspect went himself to the Saint-Etienne police station, indicating to the police that they fear a reaction from the victim's family.
During his police custody, this inhabitant of Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges, a rural town in the north of the Loire, had admitted having shot his dealer with a shotgun the previous Friday, before burying him in a forest below his property in Roannais.
The body of the 29-year-old victim, whose relatives had reported missing to the police and made calls on social media, was later found at the location indicated.
Recently settled in Lyon.
The dealer was also known to the courts for trafficking in narcotics and contraband cigarettes, according to the same judicial source.
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