The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes himself gave the alert on the social network [était] underway in the Moulins district of Nice”, prey to drug trafficking. “Kalashnikov bursts” had just been heard near a deal point. Six people in total were arrested.
On site, prefect Hugues Moutouh estimated that this shooting in the direction of “a very well-known deal point” could be the consequence of a “major operation to dismantle trafficking” organized the day before. “The delinquents try to take advantage of all the weaknesses of rival teams to occupy the field and appropriate deal points,” he maintained.
CRS 8 in September
In April, Christian Estrosi announced a plan to avoid a “Marseille-style” situation in this district, the target of a “turf war”. The mayor of Nice then denounced the “inertia” of the Minister of the Interior who had been alerted “on multiple occasions”.
After new shootings in September, Gérald Darmanin deployed CRS 8, a unit of 200 police officers specializing in the fight against urban violence. Nice was also to be the first city to benefit, this month, from new flying investigation brigades. “Once the people have been arrested, we still need to be able to carry out investigations so that the magistrates can convict,” he explained.