Synthetic drugs sent abroad in envelopes for a value of nearly 7 million euros.
Thursday, the national gendarmerie announced in a press release that a vast international drug traffic from France had been dismantled.
Five people were arrested on Tuesday as part of a preliminary investigation carried out by the air transport research section (SRTA) under the authority of the Bobigny prosecutor's office (Seine-Saint-Denis), details the press release.
These five people were still in custody on Thursday and were to be brought before a magistrate on Friday.
More than 2,300 shipments, 700 kg of drugs, 46 countries
After a report from US authorities in April 2021, investigators uncovered drug trafficking via airmail freight.
The defendants sent MDMA, LSD and ecstasy abroad in envelopes which passed through Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport.
"In total, the investigators determine that these criminals were able to frank more than 2,300 shipments for 700 kg of narcotics, to 46 countries, including France for a value of nearly 7 million euros", indicates the gendarmerie in his press release.
"The work carried out by the gendarmes is complex, in particular because of the use of the darknet to organize the sale of products and the great caution of criminals to conceal their tracks", add the authorities.
The main suspect used many false identity documents, said the gendarmerie.
About fifty gendarmes from the Air Transport Research Section (SRTA), the Air Transport Gendarmerie and specialized investigators were mobilized for this investigation.
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