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Laurene Fertin
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Dec 19 2024 at 7:02 a.m.
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They thought they would slip through the cracks. From December 9 to 13, 2024, nine people have been judged before the Rennes criminal court for having organized large convoys of narcotics between Spain and the France.
The latter exchanged on encrypted messaging, Sky Ecc, which was the subject of an investigation in the Brest region after its dismantling, indicates Frédéric Teillet, public prosecutor of Rennes.
A very structured network
“On March 12, 2023, three individuals were arrested in Rennes (…) while they were returning from Spain in convoy, in possession of 53.5 kg of herbal cannabis,” indicates Frédéric Teillet.
Several arrests then took place at Toulouse or in the region of Brest allowing us to shed light “on a very structured network”.
Coordinated investigations
The investigations carried out by the Organized and Specialized Crime division of the Interdepartmental Judicial Police Service of Finistère, under the direction of an investigating judge from the JIRS of Rennes, made it possible to identify the protagonists of this very structured network, in collaboration with the Judicial Police Unit of the Guardia Civil of Catalonia.
Up to eight years in prison
In total, nine people were arrested in this case: 53.5 kg of grass
cannabis, 826 grams of cocaine et 412 850 euros “under criminal assets” were seized by the police.
Five people, for having organized numerous road convoys towards Spain, were sentenced to sentences ranging four to eight years in prison.
Among them, two individuals who had held a role of logistical support and money laundererwere sentenced to sentences of one and four years in prison, “partially or totally suspended, and the confiscation of various assets (luxury vehicles, sums recorded in their bank accounts) to the tune of approximately 350,000 euros », explains the public prosecutor.
Finally, the last two defendants, prosecuted for having received or attempted to receive the narcotics upon their arrival in the Rennes regionwere sentenced to 3 years and 18 months’ imprisonment, partially suspended, as well as the confiscation of the vehicles used in the planned transport.
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