Paris, August 11, 2011 (MAP)
Paris, August 11, 2011 (MAP)
A quantity of 2.9 tones of cannabis resin was seized, on Wednesday, at the Port of Sète (southern France) in a truck coming from Tangier (northern Morocco), the Maghreb Arab Press news agency reported on Thursday.
The banned substance was concealed in the truck that was bound for Paris suburbs, the French police said in a statement.
Five allegedly involved traffickers were arrested during this operation. One of them was arrested in Vitry-sur-Seine (Paris suburbs) possessing 200 g of cocaine, 6,000 Euros, an automatic pistol, a silencer and munitions.
This operation was the fruit of a search that lasted several months, the French police said, adding that this network is headed by two natives of Vitry-sur-Seine, 42 and 55 year-old respectively, who belong to the trafficker’s circles of the “banlieue sud” of Paris.
The elder is wanted by the police after he was sentenced on June 21 to 10 years of prison on drug trafficking charges.
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