If the Pays-de-la-Loire region, far from the land borders, does not have the reputation of being a stronghold of cocaine transfers, customs seizures are however on the rise there. After a year 2021 already marked by a strong business growthno less than 434 kg of cocaine were intercepted in 2022 in Pays-de-la-Loire, i.e. 15% more than the previous year, the regional customs department announced on Wednesday.This increase is mainly explained by the “exceptional” seizure of 364 kg at the port...
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Drugs: historic seizures, according to the government's 2022 reportLe FigaroMore than 156 tons of drugs seized in France in 2022, including 128 tons of cannabis and 27 tons of cocaineThe worldMore than 156 tons of drugs were seized in France in 2022, announces Gérald DarmaninfranceinfoFight against drugs: trafficking, consumption... the figures for 2022 up sharplyNEWSDrugs: A balance sheet of 156.7 tons seized in 2022, including 27 tons of cocaine, announces Gérald Darmanin20 minutesSee full coverage on Google Newssource site
The action of the police in Marseille manages to "crumble the deal points", indicated Frédérique Camilleri, the prefect of police. At the end of 2021, the city had 156 active narcotics sales points (220 in the department) compared to 127 today (and 181 in the department). An "encouraging" result, a witness, according to the prefecture, of the effectiveness of the "shelling" strategy put in place from the year 2020 and which consists of police work in the daily harassment of...
This is the first time that more than 100 tonnes have been recovered in one year. Belgian authorities announced on Tuesday that cocaine seizures in the Flemish port have broken a new record: nearly 110 tonnes of cocaine were seized in 2022 in the port of Antwerp. More than ever targeted by drug traffickers, the port city is the first gateway to Europe for this drug shipped from Latin America, often hidden in cargoes of fruit. Last year, seizures amounted...
"28,000 euros, the car of Go Fast!": Gabriel Attal plays the auctioneer for customsThe ParisianTraffickers' cars, platinum ingots, luxury watches... An exceptional auction at BercyLe FigaroBercy is preparing an unprecedented sale of customs seizuresSouth West"Exceptional" auction of customs seizures in ParisOrange News"Exceptional" customs auction, the State pockets 1.3 million eurosOrange NewsSee full coverage on Google News source site
The case of the passenger arrested with a suitcase of 20 kg of cocaine, on October 3, at Blagnac airport marked the spirits. But this seizure is not the only blow lately dealt to drug traffickers by the Toulouse customs department.On September 27, its agents also intercepted a Brazilian traveler, coming from Sao Paulo, via Amsterdam, in possession a priori of three bottles of alcohol. Except that the glass bottles actually contained almost 5 kg of liquid cocaine."Full" tank and...
It is only an experiment but it is effective for a certain time. The Cayenne prosecutor's office has been testing since July 1 the classification without prosecution of seizures of less than 1.5 kg of cocaine in Guyana, a hub for trafficking to France in order to "reduce the burden" of drug trafficking on the criminal chain.In this letter consulted by AFP and addressed to the heads of the police, the gendarmerie and the customs of Guyana, the prosecutor Yves...
Narcotics seizures have been exceptional this year, particularly for cocaine. Customs seized 115 tonnes of narcotics in 2021, the Minister of Public Accounts Olivier Dussopt announced on Tuesday.
"Between 2020 and 2021, customs seizures increased by 30%, from 90 tons of narcotics to 115 tons of narcotics," said the minister on RMC.
Cocaine seizures doubled These levels are "historic", the ministry told AFP, adding for example that for cocaine, "these are the largest seizures ever made on national territory"....
The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin praised this Sunday in Argenteuil (Val-d'Oise) the "very impressive figures" obtained by the police in Ile-de-France in the fight against drugs, one of his priorities since his arrival in Beauvau. The authorities record an explosion of seizures, all substances combined, in this region, the main territory plagued by traffic with Marseille. Over the first ten months of the year, cannabis seizures in Ile-de-France increased by 20% compared to the same period last year,...
