The seizure took place at the Fresnes penitentiary center this Thursday, December 2. A major seizure which reveals certain trafficking and worries the unions.
An investigation was opened after the discovery this Thursday, January 2 at the Fresnes penitentiary center, in Val-de-Marne, of 45 iPhones and a kilo of cannabis resin hidden in boxes of grated cheese, intended for the canteen. detainees, indicated this Friday January 3 the Créteil prosecutor's office, requested by AFP. “The investigations were entrusted to the SDPJ 94”the department's judicial police service, said the public prosecutor.
A seizure which “demonstrates the extent of certain trafficking”
In addition to mobile phones and resin, chargers, Sim cards, headphones and electronic cigarettes were also found by two prison officers, according to the FO-Justice union in Fresnes, confirming information from a source close to the prison. case.
The union “is concerned about this impressive seizure which shows and demonstrates security deficiencies and the extent of certain trafficking.” The local FO office therefore requests the “strengthening of controls” and the “development of specific measures to block the use of telephones in detention”.
The deliveryman had already left Fresnes prison, the second largest in France, at the time of the discovery, said the same source close to the case. “More than 40,000 cell phones have been seized” in prison in France in 2024, announced the Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin during a trip to Marseille on Thursday.
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