Five people were arrested at the beginning of the month in a hotel in Saint-Witz (Val-d'Oise).

They are suspected of having trafficked in khat.

Nearly 80 kilos of these sheets were seized during two anti-drug operations carried out five days apart, reveals

Le Parisien

.

The plant grown in Africa is sought after for its psychotropic properties and chewed.

It is prohibited in France.

The leaves had been sent by a teenager from Israel, where consumption is legal.

Jail closed

The hotel was reportedly used as a meeting place with other drug traffickers to export khat to several countries.

During the first intervention of the police, two Dutch people were arrested.

Five days later, two Somalis and the young Israeli were arrested.

Tried at the end of last week, the four men were sentenced to one year in prison.

The young woman was sentenced to eight months in prison.

All are also banned from French territory for ten years.

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