Three men were indicted and placed in detention on Saturday November 30 for a murder that occurred on November 22 in Pont-Audemer, against a backdrop of drug trafficking, AFP learned from the Evreux public prosecutor's office.
“These three individuals aged 33, 23 and 20 respectively, domiciled in Pont-Audemer and all already convicted“were arrested”by the gendarmes of the research section (SR) of Rouen, supported by the gendarmes of the Eure group and the GIGN, on the night of November 27 to 28“, explains Rémi Coutin, public prosecutor of Evreux.
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Brought before the investigating judge on Friday November 29 after their custody, during which they denied the facts, the three suspects were indicted for murder by an organized gang and attempted murder by an organized gang.
Killed by bullets
On November 25, the prosecution opened a judicial investigation against That night, a 33-year-old man arrived with a friend at a meeting place, “clearly against a background of drug trafficking“, according to the prosecutor, before being shot by the occupants of several vehicles with weapons of different calibers as they tried to escape.
The passenger, seriously injured, and the driver reached the Pont-Audemer fire station, where the victim was pronounced dead. Known to the police, the suspects have all been convicted in the past for “traffic violations or acts of extortion, violent theft or death threats, including violations of drug legislation“, said the prosecutor.
