This Tuesday, January 14 at dawn, weapons, drugs and a luxury car were seized and six people arrested in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence prefecture during an operation led by the police, CRS and RAID. The public prosecutor provides an update on this net operation at 4 p.m., follow the press conference below live.
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Far from Marseille or Aix-en-Provence where many traders have already started to denounce the racketeering attempts of which they are victims, a large-scale case of drug trafficking, threats and extortion breaks out in Digne-les. -Baths. On the morning of January 14, a clean sweep operation led to the arrest of six people after long months of investigation.
While the investigation was carried out with the greatest discretion. The public prosecutor of Digne-les-Bain, Antoine Pesme speaks this January 14 at 4 p.m. This police operation on January 1 was decided following a series of wiretaps after a dragnet dating back to last spring. These wiretaps allowed investigators to uncover a diversification of the traffic which results in attempts to extort funds from the city’s merchants. A dozen of them have already been identified, five have filed a complaint.
Racketeering attempts which correspond to the well-known modus operandi, generally attributed to the Marseille criminal gang, the DZ Mafia.
Some traders and restaurateurs in Digne-les-Bains gave in to the threats. One of them even moved away from the region, according to residents who testified to France 3 Provence-Alpes.
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