• Twelve people suspected of being involved in a vast drug trafficking in the Doubs were arrested by the gendarmes.

  • Three of them were referred Thursday and placed under judicial control, seven others were presented this Friday to an investigating magistrate.

    The last two were released.

  • During the searches, the gendarmes seized six vehicles, 178,000 euros in cash and in bank accounts, luxury clothes and narcotics. Last November, they had already got their hands on a quantity of drugs imported by the network: 162 kg of cannabis resin and 6.6 kg of cocaine.

The operation mobilized no less than 200 gendarmes on January 11. It led to the arrest of twelve people suspected of being involved in a vast drug trafficking which fed two deal points in the sensitive district of Planoise in Besançon (Doubs). Among the people implicated by the investigation of the research section, three were referred Thursday and placed under judicial control, seven others were presented this Friday to an investigating magistrate. The last two were released, the gendarmerie said in a statement.

The case began two years earlier, in January 2020. At the exit of the Vaux-les-Prés motorway tollbooth, a curious game was observed: three bags were transferred from one vehicle to another by a man while a second watches the surroundings.

Judicial information is opened on April 21, 2021 for criminal association, drug trafficking and non-justification of resources.

The gendarmes in charge of the investigations finally manage to identify a very organized team which sells drugs in this district of Besançon.

The investigation is complicated to carry out, the deal points being secured by lookouts whose mission is to give the alert in the event of a surprise arrival of the police.

162 kg of cannabis, 6.6 kg of cocaine

The investigators manage to identify a man whom they suspect of supplying the drug to this network. They learn that a convoy of two vehicles carrying a large quantity of narcotics is due to arrive on November 26, 2021. On their return, their occupants are expected by the gendarmes who seize 162 kg of cannabis resin as well as 6.6 kg of cocaine. The resale value of the goods is estimated at more than 1.7 million euros.

On January 11, a new operation was launched, mobilizing 200 gendarmes from the Bourgogne Franche-Comté gendarmerie region and the Besançon SR, members of the Psig (gendarmerie surveillance and intervention platoons) specializing in delicate interventions, mobile gendarmes to secure the perimeter and dog teams.

During the searches, the gendarmes seized six vehicles, 178,000 euros in cash and in bank accounts, luxury clothes and narcotics.

Miscellaneous facts

Doubs: The brother of the French drug baron arrested by chance during a customs check

Miscellaneous facts

Paris: Suffering from mental disorders, a man cuts his mother's throat before calling for help

  • Miscellaneous facts

  • Franche-Comte

  • Cannabis

  • Drug traffic

  • Cocaine

  • Gendarmerie

  • Investigation

  • Besancon

  • 0 comment

  • 0 share

    • Share on Messenger

    • Share on Facebook

    • Share on Twitter

    • Share on Flipboard

    • Share on Pinterest

    • Share on Linkedin

    • Send by Mail

  • To safeguard

  • A fault ?

  • To print