Pantin: Eight police officers in custody for "violence" and "possession of drugs"

Eight police officers belonging to the territorial contact brigade of Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis) were placed in custody on Wednesday at the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN), in particular for willful violence and possession of narcotics, a- we learned from corroborating sources.

The officials are suspected of "willful violence by persons holding public authority, forgery of public documents, arbitrary arrest, and possession of narcotics," the Bobigny prosecutor's office told AFP, confirming information from M6.

They must answer for "facts that have occurred throughout 2020", added a source familiar with the matter.

Their hearing is part of a preliminary investigation opened by the Bobigny prosecutor's office on April 23, 2020 and entrusted to the IGPN.

The facts were "brought to the knowledge of the judicial authority" by the Prefecture of police of Paris, indicated this institution.

A scandal that is added to another case

This new case comes as the department of Seine-Saint-Denis was hit by the scandal of the security and intervention company (CSI).

This controversial unit is targeted by fifteen investigations for acts of theft, violence, drug possession and forgery in public writing.

Four police officers were indicted in July 2020, but a total of around twenty officials are implicated.

The Paris police prefect, Didier Lallement, had announced the dissolution of CSI 93, which was finally reorganized and placed under the authority of the Paris CSI.