After his murder, a Grenoble drug lord acquitted of money laundering

GRENOBLE NEWS NEWS. A major figure in drug trafficking in Grenoble, Mehdi Boulenouane was killed in Seine-Saint-Denis. The former baron of the Mistral district was shot dead on Thursday May 16 in Duny.

The matter of the settlement of his deposit of 500,000 euros in denominations of 500 euros in 2016 was before the courts in Lyon, on April 3, 2024. The prosecution suspected money laundering. David Metaxas, his lawyer, learns to news Grenoble this morning that Mehdi Boulenouane and the 31 other people suspected in this case were released.

Mehdi Boulenouane sentenced to 10 years in prison

As a reminder, David Metaxas had his client released in the Mistral drug trafficking case after his sentence to ten years in prison. He was released on an electronic bracelet at the end of his detention.

In 2016, when he was to be tried for drug trafficking in the Mistral district, Mehdi Boulenouane’s relatives paid his bail of 500,000 euros to the court in cash, with a thousand 500 euro notes.

“The prosecution who accepted the money says it’s money laundering”

“The prosecutor’s office who accepted the money says it’s money laundering. This is a folder in which I was placed in police custody and fortunately exonerated. I defended him at the hearing which was held more than a month ago in Lyon,” asserted the Lyon lawyer known for defending major drug traffickers.

Finally, the Lyon courts released all the defendants this Monday, June 3. Concerning the murder of Mehdi Boulenouane, no suspect has yet been arrested.

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