A wave of arrests took place on December 11 under the leadership of the Gironde crime department, with the support of the Raid. Eight men, aged 15 to 59, and a 52-year-old woman, who played the role of “nanny” in the town of Saige in Pessac, were taken into police custody and then indicted on December 15, as trafficking leaders. of narcotics. Four of them were placed in pre-trial detention.
“The searches carried out made it possible to seize 47 kilos of cannabis resin, 123 grams of cocaine, all the packaging necessary for retail sale, 119,000 euros, an M4 SRP assault rifle with two magazines stocked with 5.56 and an empty magazine, a submachine gun, a revolver, 19 kilos of 9mm ammunition as well as several empty magazines,” explained the Bordeaux public prosecutor in a press release this Sunday.
The “nanny” denounced
Investigators were tipped by several informants about the existence of a “nanny” (who keeps the drugs available) residing in the Saige estate, in Pessac. “The first investigations confirmed the role of this woman, Céline P., acting on behalf of Karim B., manager of drug trafficking who had set up his point of sale in the city’s shopping center,” details the press release.
Miners responsible for packaging
A judicial investigation is opened by the prosecution in April 2023 and the investigations gradually update a network. “Thus, the investigations made it possible to establish that Karim B.’s trafficking coexisted with other trafficking, managed for his part by a man named Steve N.,” explains the prosecution. This larger-scale traffic included a physical point of sale within the city in addition to the existence of a Telegram channel offering deliveries. »
In this criminal organization, the major perpetrators involved several minors including a 15-year-old teenager, responsible for packaging the drugs before their delivery. Several sellers and nannies based in Pessac but also in Mérignac were also identified during the investigation.