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At 6 a.m. in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, the police heard that cannabis was being grown in the area. Watch out, there's some movement going on, guys. According to their information, they come to check in large numbers. What does it mean to control? Yeah, it's control. The military is advancing cautiously. We are vigilant, we must try to maintain eye contact with each other. It's a public space hidden behind its canambou. The police are about to make a strange discovery.
Here, I have 1 2 3 4 5 6 While Chief Damien starts counting the cannabis plants, his superior, Captain Joffre, finds some a little further away. Chief, over there in the back there's another room, there's one in the back on the left. So 17 there, 40 here. The discoveries keep coming. The police seem to have stumbled upon a major producer. Feet and little feet. Ah yes, yeah, I'm going to plant nearly a hundred almost mature plants. The plants were immediately uprooted by the police. In the house next door, an individual is spotted hiding cannabis plants. And you stop touching my foot, sir.
Come, sir. No, no, come here and stop touching my foot there. Come on, let's go home. You have an identity document showing cannabis plants on his terrace that the individual tried to remove from control. Is that what you, sir? I do this to smoke this . Or, it's that afterwards you do what you want. Are there any more just behind there, or not? No, there aren't any. It doesn't matter. However, the police officers discovered grass that was drying. The owner's lie arouses their suspicion even further. He decides to enlist the help of Gamin, a drug-sniffing dog, to check for the possible presence of other illicit substances. A
child's keen sense of smell is infallible. Look for. Within seconds, the dog stopped in front of two large plastic boxes placed on the bed. Gently. OK, that's very good too. Inside, there was grass ready to be smoked, plenty for simple personal use. The police also found a hunting rifle, cartridges, but more interestingly, an account book with names and sums of money. This is more than enough evidence to report to the public prosecutor, who will decide what legal action to take. But apparently, the accused is not alone in managing this trafficking, the man with the tracksuit jacket.
He spontaneously approaches us. Do you want me to talk to you? Do you want me to talk to you like a man? It's been at least 3 or 4 years since I last blew it up. It's just that we don't like scales. The police officers, not there. They told me, they told me, when we come here, don't come. He's being thrown around there, that's it. He's being thrown around there. But why do you want him to have balance? I prefer that you tell us the truth, you see. At least we don't beat around the bush. The neighbors are starting to get agitated and one of them is even insulting the police officers. Yeah. For what? What does that mean?
You're all dead [__]. Nobody's ever the same here. Despite warnings from the police, the neighbor becomes increasingly aggressive and threatens law enforcement. The leader of Amiens must avoid any blows or injuries to his men. The only solution. nothing controls the individual. Why are you doing this? What? Yeah. The man was arrested for contempt and rebellion. But what? But you know, it's always the same. What's this? Go ahead, go ahead. Don't move, don't move. That way I'm not serving you too much. You won't be in too much pain, will you? It's going slowly. That amuses you, huh? Yeah. Does that amuse you? You make the buttons. On the other side of the gate, the police officers discovered yet another fine
production. The judicial police officer informs the prosecutor of the situation. That's it. So he got a little annoyed. He was arrested for the effect of contempt and when we went back to his house, we saw cannabis plants in the garden. The prosecutor orders the cannabis plants to be seized for destruction. The police officers left with nearly 200 plants, worth €20,000 worth of merchandise. And there are elements that suggest a real, large-scale drug trafficking business was taking place here. With 5 million users in France, including 900,000 daily users, cannabis consumption in the country is among the highest in Europe, but also the most repressed.
and that I will need your address and that I will need your phone number. Okay, you're here, you're driving me crazy. People, they might be carrying extra weight. The first link in the chain is the consumers. For them, it's zero tolerance. How old are you? 18 years old. So, since the gentleman is of legal age, we are going to issue him a report, what we call a PVE, it's a fine of €150. And on the roads, the situation is alarming. In 2021, one in seven roadside drug tests was positive for cannabis. To reduce drug use, chef Damien and his teams are directly targeting local producers. Objective: to break the networks. In the north of the Bouches-du- Rhône department, large areas are exploited
by traffickers without any regard for the law. He has already used weapons, not by us but by them, gunfire, so vigilance is essential. These forceful interventions are meticulously prepared at Exen Provence. Commander P and his men are on an extremely delicate mission. We know that there is always an armed individual who remains at the drug dealing spot. The traffickers are armed and dangerous.
Several months of investigation are necessary before an assault can be launched. in the Bouches-du-Rhône, the fight against drugs is now a priority. On the ground, on the ground, it's on the ground. The Rô region has more than 2 million inhabitants. It is the third French department. Here, the gendarmes operate in towns like EX- in Provence and also in more rural areas like Château-Renard and Lançon de Provence. The Lançon de Provence peat is the second most important in France. Every day, more than 100,000 vehicles pass through here.
A strategic location for the local police, which regularly catches drug users in the act Come here between the cones, like this young couple. Initially, a small routine check of the engine. Put on the handbrake and show me the vehicle documents, registration certificate, and insurance. This is your driver's license, please. I don't have my license with me. Oh! Where is he? He is at home. Ah, he doesn't go out much at home. Yeah, I'm sorry. Do you have an identity document? Actually, I also have my wallet at home.
You have absolutely nothing? That's not a piece of identification. Yes, I know. I'm sorry. Well, the driver has no papers on her. Then he wanted me to bring it to the people tomorrow. Well, that's going to be the case anyway, right? She received a fine of €11. So, to avoid another fine on the road, she prefers to let her partner drive. That's good for you. But the police officer smelled something like narcotics in the car. Faced with these questions, the young man will quickly find himself in difficulty. Have you used any drugs recently? Last night. Did you consume any last night? So I don't drive. It's best to avoid it.
Oh well, we'll leave it. Do you have any of that on you? He's over there. Where's the joint? He's over there in Ah yes but do it give it, that's what I felt. Ah yes, so that's forbidden, you know that. The young man hopes to get away with it by handing over his half-smoked joint, but he has n't reckoned with the gendarmes' zero tolerance policy However, it's because I felt a little bit of. I'm not even going to tell you to give it back to me. No, no, I don't want to tell you to give it back, but instead you're just going to accompany me, we'll go through a quick procedure, it'll be done in no time.
And yes, that's right, I have some. Yes, there is nothing, but that's enough anyway. Look, I'm just in the nut, we can see the place because you come quietly. Yeah, but do you have any others on you or not? Ah, there's another one after all for a quiet day. It's a failure. The situation is about to take a completely different turn. A partially used joint. Give me your ID first. So I'm going to prepare the paperwork and then I'll be back. Previously, ordinary cannabis users were left relatively alone, but since September 2020 the law has changed. He now risks a fixed fine of €200 and the young
man was unaware of this. Come with me. Do we have to weigh up the I don't know what in front of you? It's good. Put whatever you want. I'm 350. We're going to test the cost of the products. This is just a waste of time, sir. My mother's life is just a story of wasting time. Yeah. We don't get up at 8am to go and have a quiet day. You are here. You're driving me crazy. People are perhaps carrying extra weight. The police are testing the product to make sure that it is indeed a narcotic. That's the procedure. The young man, however, remains furious and is now provoking the police.
I'm heading to Marseille. I'll go to Marseille on any network, pick it up and off I go again. So, whether it's destroyed or not? If you want to watch a penny, watch it smoke, it's smoked. You are an occasional or regular full-time consumer. Have you already undergone therapeutic intervention for your substance use or not? Medically, the PS didn't have it, he couldn't follow a session, he stopped, he saw that there was nothing to be gained, the reagent is blue, okay, so we're good, we're good about the presence of can, that's not the problem. I don't care about that Are you on a fixed-term contract, a permanent contract, or a permanent contract?
CDI next time I'll be trembling with the controller, all the papers and everything. I think I'll even bring my parents with me next time. Do you want to add anything? In an effort to reduce drug use in France, law enforcement is now targeting all levels, even small-time users. But it is primarily the traffickers they have in their sights, and especially those who operate in the countryside. Like here. The drug dealing spot is in a mobyome with lookouts and a hooded man inside a caravan. The coal merchant who resells the merchandise.
The police are monitoring this sales point run by travellers from their unmarked car. V7 control. Yeah. from India 22. It was received very quickly because, precisely because there is no more Arthur, we are not going to check to avoid getting on the side of the road and avoiding ruining the operation. They observe the vehicles entering and leaving the camp in order to identify sellers and buyers. Traffic seems to be increasing lately. An intervention is scheduled. Gendarmerie company of Ex en Provence, it is the squadron leader PI who is in charge of this investigation and this morning, he comes to give an update on the situation.
Hello everyone. Okay, I'm going to ask you to come closer. This point deal is becoming a little too important in the region. We maintain surveillance for at least one day to assess traffic. The idea behind this system, which we're going to put in place throughout the week, is firstly to assess the traffic, how many customers there are at the moment. Secondly, it is about starting to gather elements of the atmosphere that will allow us to take legal action. That's really the goal. If we have enough evidence, we then switch back to the judicial system and we will make an arrest. Before intervening, it is first necessary to gather as much information as possible in order to dismantle the entire network. experience.
The operation is not without risk. The individuals are identified as dangerous. We know that there is always an armed individual who remains at the drug dealing spot. That is to say, he was seen before September 23rd on surveillance and then recently, on the 6th, we know that there are two hooded individuals carrying out the transaction and an individual armed with a rifle. So it's not neutral, hence the importance of taking no risks. The team wasn't expecting that. No, did I put you off or something? The squadron leader is now heading to one of the observation points that have been set up around the deal point. So, we're going to join the intervention teams who are called upon to
carry out checks on suspicious vehicles that are at the level of drug dealing points without us knowing exactly if there has really been a deal. On the surface, two simple roadside checks. Go ahead, sir. In reality, the police are only targeting cars leaving the camp in order to find purchased narcotics and thus accumulate evidence. But the checks must be handled delicately so as not to arouse the suspicions of the traffickers. Where do you live? The problem is that the driver lives in D's area. He and his passenger are therefore potential targets. Where is your driver's license? But where is he? Not allowed.
The traffic violation is serious. It's impossible to let him go. In order not to blow their cover and compromise the entire anti-drug operation, the police decided not to search the vehicle. and to arrest him for driving without a license. This is an individual we know for living on the site, in fact, for being one of the traffickers. That's why we're leaving, to avoid arousing suspicion. In fact, they are going to follow the procedure and I fear that this gentleman will not be free for the rest of the operation, as he risks being in police custody there. Oh well, too bad, we'll adapt. The squadron leader is a little upset.
He will not be able to prosecute this individual for drug trafficking. Games during Charlie with talking. While awaiting the 24-hour surveillance camp, investigators from the research brigade and Captain Alexandre are observing all comings and goings; for now, nothing has been reported on any vehicle. So arriving at the point of this device makes it possible to spot potential customers, identify vehicles and thus be able to check them at the exit. But the dealers are starting to suspect something and are getting nervous. Shots fired into the air were heard from the camp. Gunshots, two sets of three shots.
We'll need to be a little more discreet. But a car leaving the camp is of great interest to investigators. A vehicle is leaving the field. A team from the PSIG, the gendarmerie's surveillance and intervention platoon, is ready to intercept him. At the moment they take over India 2. The team immediately takes the car into a tail. No. Yeah, we'll try to get hold of him to calmly question him a little further on about the control of a bowl. Yeah, I confirm, I'm behind the We'll try to control it, to catch up with it already. He's over there. You see? But the interception is proving more complicated than expected.
He drives like an idiot, too. But the blue one. The driver is driving at high speed. It rolls like a drum. To avoid an accident. There is no other way than to use the flashing light in light mode. Did you put it on? No. Yeah, go ahead. Things are heating up here. It's because he'll be watching us from afar. Great. I see, I see. Yeah. The team will take advantage of a slowdown at a roundabout to intercept the vehicle. Go ahead, put on the blue one. Gendarmerie, you park on the right-hand side. Park on the side. There's one that keeps the visual that it just threw away.
It just threw. It's alive, it's been thrown. It was a blast. Don't move. Hands on head. I put them on my head. What did you throw away? The passenger threw a bag out the window. Okay, I've got you, don't move. The police are taking no risks with the intercepted vehicle. This is positive for us. I have some cannabis resin. What else is in the car? Don't say there's nothing there. If you are being checked, sir, it's for a reason.
We're checking you because we knew that was happening. I saw the gentleman throw it away. All right. So you will be questioned at the Venelle gendarmerie brigade. All right. Passengers, please get out of the car. Do you have anything else on you, sir What is this? The situation is under control. The tension has subsided. The two men seem to want to cooperate. I had a piece of the jet. Okay, you can pick up your things. For what? Why did you do that, sir? Fear, sir. I know the volin. Are you already known for?
No. Never in my life, sir. But then why is she here? I had a life. I'm scared. And why? What are you afraid of? I'm scared like this. I was scared. I'm on a piece of the site, what's there? I consume, I have back problems. Are there any products in the car? No, no, boss, you just bought it there? No, no, there's nothing there, boss. No, but I've already found the product. Your colleague spilled the beans, he told me. You just bought it. I'm throwing away the one I bought. So. And do you consume yourself too? No, I don't. Given the small quantity of drugs and to avoid calling a tow truck, the police officers asked the two people involved to
follow them politely to the station. He shouldn't try to mess with me because we'll see if he doesn't spill something else. Do n't move, he doesn't move. Well, we're not talking about a huge amount here. We are definitely dealing with a consumer. This is someone who bought it for their own personal consumption. Over the phone, the police learned that during the chase, the situation at the camp had become tense. 17 rifle necks that were fired at the camp there.
Yeah. Ah, there you go, we still have observers on the ground. Shots were fired into the air. The driver also comes from the Traveller community. And during the check, I asked him to turn off his phone. So he was speaking in Spanish. So it's not impossible that he warned the rest of the camp. At the police station, the driver and his passenger will be questioned by investigators. Thanks to their statement, the police will learn more about the traffickers' modus operandi. And the bags of herbs and pouches of cocaine recovered from the cars are pieces of evidence. So today it's three bags, two bags of weed and a driving
licence violation. Well, that's anecdotal, but what's interesting is that we still have four vehicles. We had four vehicles from outside the camp that came and were not consumers, maybe a delivery, but what is interesting is that we have people from outside the camp, so we will be able to work on it and there is always a availability that remains in place precisely until closing time. There you go, to learn a little more. So, after a month of investigation and collaboration, the intervention can finally take place. It's the day. The mission is high risk. The head of the PSIG, the gendarmerie's surveillance and intervention platoon, was therefore called in as reinforcement. He took about ten of his best men.
Quickly, regarding the equipment, is that all good for everyone? This intervention has a certain peculiarity due to the environment, that is to say that we are in large open spaces or on other operations, we have already discovered weapons. One of the team members in yellow construction gear will play a key role. The one who calls himself mouth must simply pass himself off as a worker to blend into the background and carry out a discreet infiltration as close as possible to the hard point, i.e. the hot point, which is the point of interest, in order to be detected at the last moment and move into an offensive phase with an assault landing to arrest the targets. He must drive van number 2, the one that must stop closest to the mobile
and that will have to give the signal. The men of the psig were tasked with securing the camp and arresting the three dealers identified during the surveillance. the environment is known to be unfavorable and hostile. Go ahead, drop it. The first team is tasked with securing the perimeter to prevent any escape attempts. At the same time, the van in front of the sales location also intervenes. The police know that here, if the dealers are armed, they are extra vigilant. Nobody here, the traffickers are certainly in their caravan.
There are a lot of people on the right. Come on, move forward. The Mys are approaching from his side, team number 1 is surrounding the camp. OK, don't move, put your hands in the air. Attention is keen. The second team at the center of the device before its discovery. OK, that's good. On the ground, on the ground. World on the left. On the ground. Allou on the ground. Hello. Come. Get out onto the ground. Get down on the ground. Get used to the ground.
It's good. The first of the suspected drug dealers is arrested. Many caravans are empty. The camp is large. Two men remain. There's the other one up there that hasn't been done yet, you know That big one there, the big mobile home in the back, it hasn't been built yet. Here we go. with the shield. The ground is open. The dangerous crossing. Boucer in the lead. The soldiers are advancing cautiously behind a bulletproof shield. For a few seconds, they are highly vulnerable potential targets.
The men reach the mobile home and it enters. A quick inspection is carried out. It's good. Sorry when suddenly. Raise your hands, raise your hands, get out of here. Get out of here, clear off. He discovers one of the dealers hiding under the sheets. Hurry up. Okay, that 's fine. Are you going to handcuff him or not? We're taking it out. We'll move on. Wait, wait. I think so too You have a knife on the ground. Be careful. Come on
The three men will be brought before a judge and will face immediate trial. The searches can begin. It's okay, it's been opened. Investigators don't know it yet, but during the raid, the traffickers had time to get rid of the drugs by throwing them in the toilet. Late into the night, in the septic tank, they found about twenty 1g bags of cocaine as well as numerous sachets of cannabis herb and resin. For Squadron Leader Pi, the operation was a resounding success. A major
sales point in the north of Bouches-du-Rhône has just been dismantled without causing any injuries. Following their period of police custody, we presented the individuals before the magistrates and they were tried the same day. Two of the men arrested were sentenced to prison with immediate incarceration. The third man was placed under judicial supervision with a ban on returning to the scene. As for the mobile home that served as a drug dealing location, it will be destroyed. On public roads, the work of the police to act against drug use is also essential in the general fight against trafficking.
Heading towards Graveszon, still in the north of the Bouches-du-Rhône department, a specific brigade has been created, the night pulse. Two units of three gendarmes patrolling at the same time to intervene autonomously and quickly on all flagrant cases of elites. Spestazer. Tonight, patrol leader Sébastien is accompanied by Guillaume and Alex. According to statistics, nearly one in two young people have already smoked cannabis.
220. So regularly, the night pulse is confronted with this problem during its checks. So, we're going to check it now. We saw a yellow card on a bench there. So we're going to do a bit of prevention, find out what he's doing here, why he's hanging around here. So the two colleagues went to check and then I joined them behind in a vehicle to ensure safety on the road. The young man had sat down on a public bench to smoke a joint. Caught by surprise by the police, he quickly handed over the cannabis resin he had in his possession.
We'll weigh that up. How old? 18 years old. An ID tag on you or not? No. So, since the gentleman is of legal age, we are going to issue him a report, what we call a PVE, it's a fine of €150. And in fact, it's a simplified way of dealing with narcotics at the level of cannabis resin p when it's less than 20 of 20 g. If the fine is not paid within 15 days, it increases to €200 and to €450 after a month and a half. I'm increasing it by 6g 39. Yeah. So. In relation to the resolution of the minutes. So this is, uh, this is a product that will be seized by us and will be kept for 24 hours and will be destroyed at the end of that time. In 2021, more than 9000 fines were
issued in the Rô region, the highest number in a French department outside the Paris metropolitan area. It won't happen again because the problem is that if we catch you with that, it makes you say it's happened twice and then it will be a procedure. All right. The police are trying to scare him because driving under the influence of drugs is a real scourge in the department. If you get caught driving with that, it's - 6 points. A new driver's license means 6 points, which makes it zero, and you'll have a file with us. OK. Alright, have a good evening, sir. In the region in 2020, one in six road deaths involved a driver who had used drugs. To combat this problem of cannabis driving, Gregory and the other team from Poule Nué
conduct regular roadside checks It is 1 a.m. Stop. The evening ends in Saint-Rémi de Provence. The vehicle documents, please. I didn't do it in my name and I 'm not insured. You're not insured. I'm not sure. I bought it because I lost my license. Are you driving without insurance? This young man rides a 50cc moped because he just lost his driver's license. But he's driving without insurance. It's an offense, he risks a fine of up to €3750. Therefore, due to the lack of insurance, we will immobilize the vehicle. OK. The end result will surely be a mandatory vehicle compliance check.
All right. Do you live far away? Yeah. So. Bre, you'll need to call someone to come and pick you up. Ah well yeah, I can't tell you go ahead, it's a party, we're leaving without insurance. In France, nearly 800,000 people are estimated to drive without insurance. This young man's lax attitude will cost him €500 and the rest of the inspection will worsen his situation. Why haven't you taken out insurance yet, and why don't you have the time? What happened? No time, forgetting after a while, it's just routine. You drive without an r and you continue without a circle. That's how it is. Have you consumed alcohol or not?
No. We're going to have you do the screening. You also took drugs Although the young man accepted the alcohol test without flinching, the same was not true for the drug test, much to the surprise of the police. Negative, that's good. But since it's negative, I'm refusing the other one. Why are you refusing it? Because I already gave you one, you have no right to give me another test. It's drugs, it's different. No, but that's alcohol for you. That's the alpolemia test. Yes. So why are you refusing? My father told me, "You tested negative on the alcohol test, so you have the right to refuse."
No, but the test is the alcohol test, not the drug test. No, but why? Because a test, but it's not, it's not, it's not the same as alcohol and narcotics. For your information, refusing to submit to the check is an offense. OK, it's a police custody So, time to confess to being a bit of a cannabis user. When was the last take? All right. The young man, who smoked just a few hours ago, knows that the test is very likely to be positive, but he takes full responsibility. After smoking, that's a problem for me, it's illegal, I know that very well. I had already been arrested for that. I had a suspension.
All right. Okay, let's stick out our tongues. You let yourself be taken advantage of. Stick your tongue out. This is not the young man's first attempt. He knows what awaits him, but he prefers to take it with a certain detachment. They're always there, checking things out. Well, you come out of a restaurant, so you get checked for THC levels, you always go around the car and stuff, and after 6 or 7 checks, I had to get two fines. One time alcohol level and one time cannabis. And while we wait for the test results, how are we feeling I've already done the normal test and I'm positive, so it's going to be positive. We know the routine, so this time it will be court. That's routine, so yeah, he's still
positive, there you go, the saliva test is positive, okay, and the appearance of the second line which justifies that you have a sheet of narcotics in your saliva, okay, we're going back to the station and we'll do the test, we're going to take the sample to send it to the lab, okay, that's good, a second, more precise test must be carried out at the station. In 2021 in the department, one or more licenses were suspended for driving under the influence of narcotics and this will determine the exact concentration of cannabis in saliva. The saliva sample will be sent to a laboratory and will confirm drug use. The young man risks a fine of up to €4,500, 2 years imprisonment, and being unable to retake his driving licence for 3 years.
With the widespread implementation of saliva tests since 2016, authorities have been able to realize the incredible number of drivers who drive after taking drugs. 20% of tests come back positive compared to 3% for alcohol. It is 6 a.m. and this young man has tested positive for alcohol. He has more than 0.8g and will lose his license. A situation that doesn't seem to bother him. It's better to take the dads. It's better to get a license.
Yeah. So. No trace of alcohol was found in the passenger, a former soldier, but things are about to get seriously complicated for him. Your license, please. I took my driving test when I was in the army, but it wasn't validated. The first problem for this driver is that he cannot present a civilian license. Well, you're not going to leave anyway. If you don't have a license, you wo n't be able to leave. Whose vehicle is this?
It's mine. Are you calling Ginette? No. Finally, it belongs to my father, which belonged to my grandmother, but it's part of my family. I have my card, your father, which is basically your grandmother's vehicle, you know. The police officers decided to give the passenger a breathalyzer test to see if he was fit to drive. Otherwise the vehicle will be immobilized. It's good. No alcohol for this young man. He will therefore be taking back the wheel. But the police now want to make sure that no one is under the influence of drugs. You haven't had any sugar tonight? No, no.
We can still add some thickness. When was your last consumption, especially sir, last weekend? Yeah. last if it was last week there shouldn't be any Oh what you have problems with sir when was the last one you last sir it was when I do n't know it was 2 a.m. well so you can't drive so you won't be able to drive either ah no alcohol everything to verify what the young men are saying, the gendarmes are going to carry out a saliva test And surprise, the driver, the former soldier has practically all the warning lights turning red. Cocaine, actually. So, I really don't know, but what did you have tonight? Impossible. Nothing at all. That's impossible. Cannabis again you mentioned for June last week, I don't remember but mettampétamineura never. Because of this
cocaine, something appears. It contains amphetamine and THC. Okay, fine, no problem, but it's impossible, really impossible, really. I am not a consumer. Come and see, come and see the last one. Look there. Okay yeah, cocaine, there's a slight trace that appears there. But amphetamine and THC are not there, we are not showing that, we agree for the objective THC but for methamphetamine that is simpler. I do not consume, I am not a consumer, so in any case, the sample will be sent. There are analyses on the different molecules that will be found.
Since 2015, to eliminate any doubt, the law obliges the offender to submit to a second test. I'll explain here: if you have tested positive, then we will have to take a saliva sample. We will check it, send it to the lab, and we will get results from that. So, if it's positive, then we also stay. So. Close your mouth. So. That's the maximum. If the lab results are confirmed, the driver will no longer be able to deny anything in front of the judges with the driving without a license and the drug driving charge to get your license back, it's going to be tricky. If found guilty, he faces 3 years in prison and a €19,500 fine.
His friend takes over the wheel. Welcome back. Many vigorously deny having consumed what ultimately turns out to be quite positive despite their claims because after reflecting a little, some tell us yes indeed I consumed the day before or the day before. Because it remains in the blood and saliva for several days, a trace can always be found. Indeed, a few days later, the laboratory would confirm the use of amphetamine and cannabis. The combination of alcohol and drugs increases the risk of having a fatal accident by 29 times. In the northern part of the Bouches-du-Rhône, day is breaking. It is now the turn of the Château-Renard brigade to prepare for a major anti-drug operation.
The investigation established that it was a family that cultivated the crops, then harvested, packaged, and sold them. OK. Regarding our opponents, there are three of them. There is the grandfather, son and grandson. An attitude that is inevitably hostile to what we are going to do this morning. Lieutenant Yan is in command of the operation. He is accompanied by the head of Amiens to supervise more than twenty soldiers. So we'll still ease back in. The only problem he might have is that there are weapons that are not declared and there may be
undeclared weapons. Two small castle vehicles in the lead, the cigar, you follow us behind and the BT last. Okay, let's go. Once again, the operation is risky and dangerous. Several teams from the gendarmerie's surveillance and intervention platoon came to reinforce the dismantling of this particularly important site in the region. A family spanning three generations, father, son and grandson, are said to be at the head of the network. Upon arrival at the edge of the field, no noise should betray the presence of the police.
We'll let you proceed. We'll take 5 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, and then we'll go. The response teams are ready. They have three people to question at the same time. Police, open the door. It's opening, it's opening. Gendarmerie. OK. Please. On the ground, get down on the ground. Don't move. In just a few minutes, the grandson was apprehended. Cinderella, open up. Hello Sir. Go ahead, please sit there. Yeah, but we're going to do it, we're going to do it, we're going to do it.
The son and the father were also apprehended. Let me explain. I'll explain. Exqu Detention, acquisition, offer, sale. of narcotics. All right. Understand. The military arrested the three men. Weapons are found but what interests the head of Amiens is the drugs and they are said to be at the home of the father who is starting to lose his nerve. Go ahead, the president is just messing with everyone. It's marked, it's marked, no, no, but it's marked, it's marked, that he's sending the virus to kill poor people. Are you marking that? That's fine, sir.
Lieutenant Yan is satisfied with this start to the operation. He therefore moves on to the next step. Following the arrest operation, we have a result of three arrests out of three targets which were indeed located where we thought. So it all went smoothly and exactly as planned. We brought in a professional dog handler who specializes in searching for weapons, narcotics and money in order to optimize the search and uncover any potential hidden activity. The dog begins its search under the father's watchful eye, but the terrain is vast and the Amiens chief wants to speed things up.
We're going to search your home, okay, we'll do it now. Apart from the guns, is there anything else or not? No. No, because afterwards there's the dog that comes. Yeah. Then there's the dog that's going to come. Will he find it or not? He found me. Will he find something or not? I told you, I told you, that if there's any drugs, money, all that stuff, the dog will find it.
No, no, it's not about the money, there isn't any. But that's what he's looking for, he's looking for everything. So there you have it, there's no point in hiding it, he'll find it. Come on, show me. Come on, stand up. The search of the house began at 6:50 am. Nearly €20,000 worth of narcotics were found, as well as cash. Everything is sealed after the searches to complete the count, but we don't have any figures yet. So, that's very positive, the work was well done.
The father is handcuffed to continue the search of the neighboring properties. Fields and especially hedgerows under which investigators noticed grass. There are some of them drying there. Several cannabis plants in front of drying racks are found scattered around. Did you take a picture? It's good. 1 2 11, in the end 11. We have 16, about thirty feet. So, 30. Yeah. 30. But the police are still far from having enough. They are dealing with a real industry and the dog is having a field day Not touched.
GOOD. What do you have in there Inside? What's wrong with you? Where inside? Do you have something there? It's the dogs that leave a mark on me. What is this? That's it, that's not me. That's not you. A crate of herbs was hidden in the shadows. He's everywhere. Grass ready for sale that the police are starting to collect in every corner. Did you take the photos? Yeah, it's done. Go ahead. The dog, too, continues his discoveries. We found a little bit more. So yes, there in the greenhouse, yeah, a crate of head that had been harvested and then dried. And the police were in for another surprise.
The dog marks many places. Large quantities of weeds are found scattered everywhere. And while the Amiens chief is collecting some pieces of evidence, the dog handler calls him again because the dog is panicking. I removed the pot, I saw that it was grass, I said that was it. So, I went back across the street, I came back to check anyway. And that's what's stuck with me She needs reinforcement to lift a large mass of plastic that conceals a large sports bag. That's a good dog. No, no, but I recognize what's there, but that's not us, that's someone else, that's who told you off, who put you in charge of doing that. A discovery that also seems to alarm the father, and with good reason 3 kg of grass ready for resale
and the discoveries keep coming. Under a nearby plastic llama. The police officers are going from one surprise to another. It's traditional storage, actually. About ten gardening tools are hidden there. There are numbers but the casings need to be removed from me or the hearings will have to determine whether or not it is stolen equipment. Ah yeah. And just when you think there's no more cannabis, there's still more. There's a beautiful foot, isn't there? Cannabis plants of impressive size.
The father is being taken into custody and will have to explain everything that was found on his land. For Lieutenant Yann, the operation is a success. We counted 48 feet like that. We found quite a few tools in the field that were partially hidden, as well as about ten kilos of already harvested produce. And we enter the second phase of custody, that is to say the hearings so that everyone can explain the origin of these products and then to get a little bit of each person's role. At the brigade's premises, the three people involved are questioned separately. For his part, the head of Amiens is taking note of the latest instructions from the magistrate
who will be at the prosecutor's office at 3 p.m. Bye. So the quest is almost over. In this case, there is the lifting of the two custody orders, therefore of the son and two grandsons. The father is being brought before the magistrate at 3 p.m. Uh, then, uh, because at the hearing level, it was the father who assumed responsibility for all of this, who was the holder of all the products. Uh, the son and grandson also say it's the father, that they have nothing to do with it. So the magistrate here continues that the father. We're going to go get the bus. The operation is over for the gendarmes of Château-Renard. The father was brought before a judge for immediate trial the very next day. He was sentenced to one year in prison. But the work is not quite
finished for the Amiens manager. He has to count the many crates and buckets of grass harvested. This task will take a good hour. In the end, more than 8 kg of fresh grass will be accounted for, which is worth more than €50,000 if sold at retail. Barely weighed, the grass is headed for the incinerator. The protocol is strict. The police must not take their eyes off the merchandise until it has been destroyed. Cannabis, cocaine or amphetamine, the Bouches-du-Rau department is particularly affected. The number of arrests for drug trafficking jumped by 40% between 2019 and 2021.
