According to Republican Yonne, the mayor of Avallon Jamilah Habsaoui was released from prison on Tuesday May 14. The elected official, placed under judicial supervision, however remains under investigation for “possession and complicity in the offer or sale of narcotics”.
Jamilah Habsaoui’s lawyers had appealed the decision of the judge of freedoms and detention, who had incarcerated the elected official on April 10 at the Dijon remand center (Côte-d’Or).
The release of Jamilah Habsaoui comes “ after a favorable opinion from the prosecution, in accordance with an agenda initially agreed with the investigating judge and the judge of freedoms and detention “, Hugues de Phily, prosecutor in Auxerre, told AFP.
The chosen one “always affirms her innocence”
As a reminder, the elected official was arrested on April 7 after a series of searches carried out in several places, including a house belonging to her. The gendarmes found 70 kg of cannabis, 983 g of cocaine, 20 gold bars (including 18 fake) and more than €7,000 in cash. Five other people were indicted, including the two brothers of the mayor of Avallon. One of them admitted to drug trafficking, but assured that his sister was not involved.
Jamilah Habsaoui denied to investigators that she was aware of the storage of drugs in the family home. She ” still maintains his innocence in this matter », Declared this Wednesday Me Florian Grigis, one of his lawyers.
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