Three men were arrested by police officers from the anti-crime brigade in Perpignan.
They are suspected of belonging to a network of drug and tobacco traffickers from Spain.
During the searches, the investigators seized 310 cartons of cigarettes and 30 packets from Spain and the Principality of Andorra, 63.5 grams of cocaine, 73 canisters of nitrous oxide as well as 19,480 euros in cash.
This traffic would have supplied a grocery store in Perpignan run by one of the defendants.
They would have partially acknowledged the facts
This police device was set up and coordinated by the police officers of the narcotics and underground economy unit of the departmental security of the Perpignan police station.
Placed in police custody, they would have partially recognized the facts during their hearings.
At the end of the investigation, they were referred to the Perpignan judicial court.
Miscellaneous facts
Pyrénées-Orientales: They flee through the mountains, abandoning their cargo of tobacco
Miscellaneous facts
Pyrénées-Orientales: Thousands of smuggled cigarettes seized in a few days
Miscellaneous facts
Perpignan
Occitania
Languedoc Roussillon
Cigarette
Dope
Smuggling
Drug traffic