A ton of cannabis resin and four kilos of cocaine were seized in Domazan (Gard) on the night of September 15 to 16. Five Vauclusians were arrested in a months-long investigation led by customs and the Avignon judicial police. The suspects are still in police custody.
On the night of Sunday 15 to Monday 16 September, a convoy comprising a heavy goods vehicle and eight light vehicles were stopped in Domazan in the Gard, coming from Spain. A tonne of cannabis resin and four kilos of cocaine were found.
Drugs destined for Vaucluse
On board were five Vauclusians who were trying to smuggle a tonne of cannabis and 4 kg of cocaine into Vaucluse. “to supply drug sales outlets in Vaucluse, particularly in Cavaillon, Orange, Avignon and Carpentras”, indicates a police Source confirmed by the public prosecutor of Avignon Florence Galtier.
Months of investigation
This vast operation was carried out jointly by the police and customs of Avignon who had been investigating for months “a well-structured network of drug trafficking between Spain and Vaucluse”, indicates a police Source.
“It’s not every day that we have this quantity seized, the work of the investigators is remarkable, meticulous, it’s a long-term job,” specifies Claude Simonetti (SGP Police Unit FO Vaucluse)“It is publicized, because the quantity is important, but they work tirelessly all year round and there are results, without needing XXL place operations, they are on the ground every day.”
A seizure estimated at 10 million euros
This seizure, considered as “the most important” by this police Source would have an estimated market value of around 10 million Euros.
The National Directorate of Intelligence and Customs Investigations (DNRED) indicates that among those arrested, there are ” THE driver of the heavy goods vehicle transporting the narcotics, two individuals who were assisting him and the people who came to collect the prohibited goods.”
Searches in Avignon
The DNRED specifies that the investigators have “carried out three customs house searches which led to additional discoveries of narcotics, nine kg of cannabis resin and four kg of cocaine.”
The Avignon judicial police are in charge of the follow-up to this case. Nearly thirty people were mobilized to carry out this large-scale inter-service operation.
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