A judicial information was opened Monday by the prosecution of the counts of murder in an organized gang, criminal association and theft with an organized gang weapon. Four suspects including three minors were indicted in the investigation into the murder of a 25-year-old man found with his face swollen and his hands tied, on November 22 at the entrance to a campsite in the Arcachon basin, in La Teste-de-Buch, we learned from the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office.
Among the four suspects indicted, all remanded in custody, three are minors aged 15, 16 and 17. The investigation is moving at this stage towards the track of a dispute “probably” linked in part to drug trafficking, says a source close to the case.
Hands tied with duct tape
These arrests took place less than a week after the discovery on November 22 of the lifeless body of a young man by employees of the Domaine de la Forge, near this campsite located in the town of La Teste-de-Buch. The victim had his hands tied with duct tape on the front of his body and “multiple wounds” on his face, according to the prosecution.
In a press release, the Domaine de la Forge establishment specifies that “this young man had no direct link with the residential leisure park, he was neither a resident nor an occasional customer, and his presence near the entrance [n’était] that fortuitous. “
Major injuries
Despite the importance of the injuries, the Arcachon police officers quickly identified the victim, a 25-year-old young man, known to the police as being close to the world of drug trafficking, according to the source familiar with the case.
The investigations of the judicial police of Bordeaux will continue under the direction of an examining magistrate.