“What shocked me was that she delivered with her daughter”: arrested with cocaine and cannabis, the mother is just out of prison

The flair of the gendarmes. The expression is sometimes overused. In certain situations, it takes its full meaning. This is what happened on April 21, 2025. A classic road police check will be paid for the soldiers of the Motorized Peloton (PMO) in Bressols, south of Montauban (Tarn-et-Garonne).

They intercept a BMW with, on board, two young women and a 5 -year -old child. A drug smell is detected there by the police. The passenger, Cindy, owner of the car, immediately gives a sachet containing cannabis resin. Maybe thinking that in good faith, she will get out of this bad step. But faced with this discovery, the gendarmes will go further. They search the vehicle and discover other products in an isothermal bag placed in the trunk.

200 grams of cannabis, 1 gram of cocaine and liquid

174 grams of grass and 18 grams of cannabis resin, a large gram of cocaine and 310 euros in cash are uncovered. Faced with the situation, the soldiers decide to place the passenger in police custody. The driver, her sister, can go home with the child.

Initially, the arrested suspect said to live with her sister. But the gendarmes actually discover that it resides in its own accommodation. They will search it. Well took them. In the garage, 2.3 kg of grass, 3.3 kg of cannabis resin and 283 grams of cocaine. But also all the paraphernalia of the trafficker: a scale and a machine to empty.

“I know I made a huge mistake”

After several hesitations, the young woman ends up recognizing the delivery of drugs and admits regular consumption. Investigators discover some of its customers thanks to the addresses recorded in a GPS guide application on his phone. “What shocked me was that she delivered with her daughter,” said one of them. But it also serves as a “nurse”, that is to say to keep the narcotics of other delinquents at home.

“How much did it bring you?” Asked the president of the court before which she appears, four days after her arrest. “I couldn’t say. I am contacted on SnapchatI deliver. I saw a way of being able to make money to pay for the bills and care of my child, “she said in police custody and then at the hearing. Before regretting:” I know I made a huge mistake, I become aware. I have put everything in place for the best of my children, I am not a bad mother unlike appearances, “she formalizes, tears in my eyes.

“The lure of gain and easy money”

The substitute of the public prosecutor, Alice Gardair, deplores “the bait of gain and easy money. We are ready to screw up her insertion to make a consumption.” She does not believe in Cindy’s contrition. “Her companion is in pre -trial detention for attempted murder in a gang organized for 2 years. Either she is a fool, or she deliberately, in full awareness, in traffic.”

The substitute requires 3 years in prison, half suspended probationary for 2 years. It matches this quantum, not adjustable at home, an obligation of care, work or to undergo training and wishes to issue a warrant. “The prison shock must intervene to prevent a risk of major reiteration.”

“A very serious warning”

In defense, Me Margaux Boiteau assures that her client “does not do that to buy luxury bags or go on vacation to Seychelles. She takes care as she can of her children. Police custody has already been a prison mini-shock”, contrasts the argument of the prosecution. It would see a good eye to reduce the duration of imprisonment, so that it can be developable (less than or equal to one year). “You have to give her children a chance to stay with their mother,” she concludes.

After 45 minutes of “hesitation”, the very confession of the president, the court strikes hard: 3 years in prison, 2 of which were suspended probationary, the obligations referred to. But the firm part, 1 year, will be fitted out at home under electronic bracelet. “It is a very serious warning, there will be no other,” says the president. “I understood it”, breath, crying, Cindy. She will find her children at the exit.