The truck in which the goods were located was checked at the Remoulins tollbooth on November 27.
It was a long-term investigation that led to this significant seizure of narcotics in Gard. Several months ago, a preliminary investigation was opened by the interdepartmental judicial police service of the interdepartmental directorate of the national police of Gard for acts of drug trafficking.
A truck arrested at the Remoulins toll booth
During their investigations, investigators received information that a possible drug transport would take place during the night of November 26 to 27. And on Wednesday, November 27, in the early morning, at the Remoulins tollbooth, the police intercepted a truck in which 720 kg of cannabis resin were found.
Two individuals in their twenties arrested
“Two men aged around twenty and from Vaucluse were arrested. Both have never been convicted by the judicial authority”also specifies the Prosecutor of Nîmes in a press release. On November 20, a judicial investigation was opened for charges of detention, transport, acquisition, offer or transfer, importation of narcotics, participation in a criminal association, as well as possession of category A and B weapons.
Search for possible accomplices or co-perpetrators
“The two individuals presented were indicted and placed in pre-trial detention. Investigations will continue under the direction of an investigating judge in order to determine the precise role of the two indicted and to arrest their accomplices and co-perpetrators “concludes the Prosecutor.
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