the slightly simple brothers were formidable dealers on the Darknet

You'd think they came straight out of a classified ad from Elie Semoun. Glasses with bottle bottoms, an outdated fleece jacket for one, a few knocks for the other… These two brothers, aged 34 and 38, absolutely do not have the profile of serious delinquents. They rather give the impression of passing whole nights to play online. The reality is very different.

In front of their screens, on the Darknet, Charlie and Sylvain were formidable sellers of drugs. Quite universal in fact since they offered weed, cannabis resin, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy, LSD, ketamine and even 2-MMC. All from their small 37 m studio² in Fontenay-le-Fleury (Yvelines).

Customs and cyberspace police came upon them on Monday January 20, 2025. Investigators had been working on the case of the two men for some time. Europol had received a report from the United States concerning this profile working on the dark side of the internet via the Tor browser.

The Dark group of soldiers was a bit taken aback when they discovered the two brothers. “They lived completely reclusemonopolized by their traffic. They never saw anyone,” confides a source close to the case. On the other hand, they were not disappointed with the trip when they discovered their activities.

They sent the drugs through the local post office

Between 1^is March 2022 and January 20, 2025, Charlie and Sylvain would have generated between 300,000 and 400,000 euros in turnover through the resale of the drug. Drug that one would regularly go to get abroad, in Belgium or Spain. Orders were placed on the Darknet and paid in bitcoins. For delivery, nothing could be simpler. The duo bought envelopes on Amazon to mask the smell. And most logically, they were going to entrust the envelopes to the Post Office near their home. All they had to do was convert the cryptocurrency into cash.
At their home, the gendarmes got their hands on the computer equipment, envelopes, 4 kg of various drugs and 33 kg of tobacco. Because they were also in the game. Hard to deny.

Without work, on benefits

Both assured that traffic above all allowed them to put a little happiness into everyday life, to fill the fridge or even feed the animals. One is out of work. He hoped to complete security training. The Caf pays him 300 euros to pay his rent. He also receives 570 euros of specific solidarity allowance. A 5% handicap rate was granted to him in 2019. That year, he was severely beaten and left for dead by the thieves of his scooter.

“They literally pissed me off. So, because of the pain, I smoke at least 10 joints a day, but more in the evening so as not to get too high. »

Reception agent in a college

The other exercises as reception agentl in a college in Trappes. “It’s a job that I like, that is close to my heart. I also just got the code and am at 25 hours of driving. I also applied for social housing,” Sylvain assures the judges of Versailles on Friday January 24. ” Oh yes. And I forgot. I put ointment on my cheek twice a day because I had surgery. And there, well I haven't been able to put any on since Monday. »

The brothers open up. Because the issue of the moment is pre-trial detention since they requested time to prepare their defense. “I really want to change, to get help,” Charlie promises. And for that, I'm even ready to pee in a jar or take a blood test. » He also recounts his little ailments. “I have to put drops in my eyes too. Because I have tension. » All of this must convince the judges to let them go free.

“Their intellectual limit needs to be verified”

But after these statements, the defense puts words to what everyone is whispering. “I think their intellectual limit needs to be verified,” argues the duty lawyer. Sylvain nods, muttering a “yes”.

Ultimately, the court orders their placement in detention, without additional expertise. Charlie and Sylvain will appear together on March 5, 2025. Not a first since they have already been convicted together and twice for drug trafficking, in 2014 and 2015.

The cryptocurrency has been seized.

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