Two young men aged 20 and 21 and a young woman aged 24 were brought before the parquet floor of Moulins (Allier) on Monday.
Their presentation to a judge followed a 36-hour police custody on suspicion of "drug trafficking", says
La Montagne
.
The two men, living in the city, were placed in pre-trial detention pending appearance in court.
They were arrested on Thursday after a Moulinois alerted the police, claiming to have witnessed a drug transaction.
The police then spotted the two suspects in a car and checked them.
18 cannabis bars were discovered on board the vehicle.
The search of the apartment of the friend of one of them, the third suspect, then revealed 403 grams of additional cannabis and 20 cocaine eggs, packaged to be transported after ingestion.
This discovery was made by the police accompanied by a dog trained to detect narcotics.
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