A figure of organized crime, suspected of having robbed two banks to import cocaine, arrested in Val-de-Marne

According to the first elements of the investigation, the robberies were intended to finance a major cocaine import project from South America.

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Djamel Mansri, a figure of organized crime, was arrested on Saturday April 12, in Chevilly-Larue (Val-de-Marne) on the A86 motorway by the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI). He was blocked in a traffic jam, when he left in Spain, learned Franceinfo from a source close to the file, Wednesday, April 16. He is suspected of having robbed two banks in Nièvre. The money was to be used to import cocaine.

Very well known in the world of banditry, Djamel Mansri had been monitored for two years by the judicial police (PJ) of Versailles. Investigators caused a traffic jam on the A86 to arrest it, while the suspect went to Spain.

He is suspected of having robbed two banks in Nièvre in just under a month: 150,000 euros in an agricultural credit in Nevers, April 8 and 8,000 euros in a postal bank in Myennes on March 22. In Nevers, five personnel members were spanned and attached with Serflex (clamp). In Myennes, a person was taken hostage, hands attached with Serflex. According to information from “here auxerre”, of the serflex identical to that which was used for robberies was also found in Djamel Mansri, confirms a police source, which evokes a Caïd “Close to the Gang de la Brise de Mer”.

According to the first elements of the investigation, these robberies were intended to finance a major cocaine import project from Colombia. The investigators searched a hideout in Eure-et-Loire where 125,000 euros were seized, but also a semi-automatic pistol, a jammer and police armbands. The search of housing in Spain also made it possible to seize 45,000 euros in cash.

Three accomplices were also arrested in this case, learned Franceinfo from a source close to the file: a man was arrested on Sunday in Seine-Saint-Denis and a couple was arrested on Monday in the Loire with the help of the DCOS (division of organized and specialized crime) Yonne-Nièvre based in Auxerre.

Regarding the latter of the searches took place in the Loire at the current home of the couple and in the Nièvre in the couple’s former home, from Nevers. According to information from “here Auxerre”, the alleged accomplice couple, “has very close links” with Djamel Mansri and is “Disapporably known by justice for many facts of scams”.