48 kilos of laughing gas were discovered in a car at the Pau tollbooth on the evening of Saturday October 5. Two men were in the car. One of the two could be tried Thursday in an immediate appearance. The public prosecutor of Pau explains that “as soon as we demonstrate that the volumes are significant and that it is not a question of use in a medical context or of a cook who mistakes it for a siphon, it is an offense which falls under the of the law“. The authorities point out that consuming laughing gas can have serious health consequences particularly on a neurological level.
Fourteen boxes of six bottles of nitrous oxide
The gendarmes were carrying out a simple check at the Pau toll booth when they came across two men in a car. Cannabis was hidden in the vehicle but also laughing gas. 48 kilos of nitrous oxide or the equivalent of 6,000 doses according to the public prosecutor of Pau. Rodolphe Jarry reports that one of the two men is being prosecuted for trafficking and will have to appear in court this Thursday, October 10. In police custody, the 20-year-old generally admitted the facts and said that he was supplied in Toulouse, where nitrous oxide is cheaper and then he resold it in the Pau area.
