Six police officers from the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of the 18th arrondissement of Paris, suspected of having in particular racketed dealers, placed drugs on suspects or falsified reports, are tried from Wednesday and until on February 12, alongside two of their "informants".  

They are accused of having behaved worthy of the traffickers they were tracking.

Assigned to the anti-crime brigade (BAC) of the 18th arrondissement in Paris, six police officers are suspected of having carried out their arrests by paying informers, placing drugs on suspects, and even extorting certain dealers. 

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"There are rascals in your BAC"

At the origin of this file, there is an insistent rumor, which reached the ears of the Commissioner.

One day, in the middle of the street, a dealer shouts at him: "Hey boss, there are scoundrels in your tray!".

Among the designated police officers, one man is the leader.

Nicknamed Bylka, for kabyle in verlan, this man to whom the "good deals" solved were worth the congratulations of his hierarchy is suspected of having taken envelopes to tolerate the traffic of the dealers and trapped the latter with false quantities of narcotics.

"The contacts with indicators, with lookouts, it is a field work, dangerous because the line can be crossed quite easily", recognizes at the microphone of Europe 1 his lawyer, Me Patrick Maisonneuve.

“But at the same time, we ask these police officers to make arrests, arrests. We have to make figures, and sometimes the result can be obtained with means that can be questionable. But neither amount of money - he was not paid - nor drug trafficking as far as he is concerned ", assures the council.  

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Two crackers stolen from a suspect

In pre-trial detention since June 2019, this man whose investigations have shown that he had not withdrawn any cash for four years, must appear for corruption, drug trafficking, forgery in public writing and money laundering in particular, with five members of his team , suspended from their functions.

On the basis of wiretaps, three police officers are suspected of having stolen two crackers of crack and a knife from a suspect and then of having pretended to discover the drugs on another man, to have him accused.

One of the officials will recognize a "dressing", the other two deny.

Until February 12, they will be eight in total on the bench of the defendants: two informants are judged alongside the "rogue" alleged ".