Europe 1 with AFP 18:11 p.m., September 21, 2023
An investigation that began in an unusual way. Nine people have been tried since Thursday by the Specialized Inter-Regional Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Nancy for drug trafficking, a case that began surprisingly with the discovery of a passerby.Nine people have been tried since Thursday by the Specialized Inter-Regional Jurisdiction (Jirs) of Nancy for drug trafficking, a case that began surprisingly with the discovery of a passer-by, fallen on the phone of one of the suspects.
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Photos and videos of bundles of banknotes
The investigation began in an "unusual" way, said President Mireille Dupont. This traffic, active for some time, would not have fallen without the extraordinary find made by a passer-by, on August 8, 2020: a mobile phone turned on, without an unlock code, lying in Rixheim, near Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin).
Reported to investigators, its content is beyond doubt: photos and videos of wads of notes as well as resin and cannabis herb confirm the existence of trafficking. In the aftermath, an investigation is opened by the Mulhouse prosecutor's office to find its mysterious owner.
A small circle of relatives
Quickly identified, he seems to be the principal, at the head of a real company of importation and resale of narcotic products. Well aware of police techniques, he worked with a small circle of relatives, who helped him to make orders and monthly deliveries of several hundred kilos of narcotics, from Morocco, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Three other persons involved in the same trafficking have already been the subject of an appearance procedure on prior admission of guilt, a kind of French guilty plea, for which sentences ranging from one to two years of imprisonment have been retained. The trial is scheduled to continue until Wednesday.