The 26-year-old tenant was tried this Tuesday, October 1 before the Nîmes court.
After receiving information, the Nîmes Police went to an apartment on Route de Beaucaire on September 24, 2024. During the search, 147 grams of cocaine and €4,500 in bank notes were found. Initially, the couple of tenants are taken into custody, but the young woman will be exonerated. Her 26-year-old partner consumes between three and four grams of cocaine per day. He is on trial for “ooffer or transfer, possession and use of narcotics“.
“I admit the facts, but I was forced to sell to repay my debt with my dealer. I was in danger, I had no choice.” explained this Tuesday, October 1, the cocaine addict with a clean criminal record, before the Nîmes court. His debt is equivalent to €10,000. The president recalls: “No one is forcing you to use this drug, you are the only one responsible.” The defendant has been in pre-trial detention since September 26.
Given his clean record, the Nîmes court sentences the drug trafficker to three years in prison, including two years with a probationary suspension with an obligation to work, take care, pay a fine of €1,500 and be banned. of Gard for three years.
