In Marseille, Bruno Retailleau publicizes that 21 senior officers of a drug trafficking community have been arrested | EUROtoday

Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau introduced that 21 folks belonging to “High of the spectrum” Narcobanditism had been arrested early on the day of Thursday, April 24, particularly in Marseille.

Suspects are “High managers who hold a network in La Castellane »»,, “Not from the Fretin menu”insisted the minister: this “Are not small fingers, coal, however excessive -level officers of narcobanditism”he continued. The Castellane is a large set of white buildings by the motorway, known to be a Marseille high place in drug trafficking.

Thursday morning arrests did not all take place in Marseille: this network presents “National ramifications, however with Marseille roots”. Mr. Retailleau did not give more details, according to him, according to him, of the public prosecutor, the judicial investigations being in progress. A total of 170 investigators were mobilized.

The Minister spoke during a press conference organized with the regional prefect, Georges-François Leclerc, the day after a large public security operation which mobilized, Wednesday, 1,000 members of the police, to carry out 10,000 checks, especially in 3^e Marseille arrondissement – 106 people were arrested for various reasons (irregular situation on the territory, drug trafficking, wanted in judicial inquiries, in particular).