The gendarmes from the Montpellier research section and the Marseille judicial police carried out a large-scale search on December 2. On August 26, a member of rapper SCH's entourage was killed and another injured after the artist's concert in Hérault. The racketeering trail led by the DZ Mafia is favored.
A little more than three months after the fatal shooting which followed the concert of the famous rapper SCH at the La Dune nightclub, in La Grande-Motte, a raid by the gendarmes of the Montpellier research section and the judicial police of Marseille was led this Monday, December 2.
21 people were arrested with the reinforcement of the GIGN and around sixty gendarmes: “we are back on the full team” indicates to Free Midday a source close to the investigation confirming the figure for the number of arrests revealed by The Parisian.
On the morning of August 26, SCH, Julien Schwarzer, left the nightclub for his hotel after the show case and part of his team – six people – left in a van a little later.
But a few hundred meters further, in Carnon, the vehicle was attacked by hooded and armed individuals who fired 29 times into the passenger compartment with automatic weapons. The front passenger was killed, the driver seriously injured, but he ultimately escaped his injuries.
As we revealed, the investigators quickly had valuable clues: the criminals' vehicle, reported stolen in Marseille, was found intact near Lunel as well as two Kalashnikovs.
The SR gendarmes also have a potential motive: during his hearing, the singer, certified gold several times and who participated in the hit “Organized Band”, was the target of racketeering, with individuals demanding 300,000 euros from him. , attributing part of his success to himself.
Six suspects already incarcerated, the DZ mafia involved
“This is a case of extortion” confirms a person close to the investigation.
Of the 21 arrests, including three women, six individuals were currently in detention and have been extracted. Once again, these would be members of the powerful criminal organization the “DZ mafia”, which specializes in narco-banditry and which extends its activities, particularly to racketeering.
The police custody will last four days, time to determine the implications of each.
