Two police officers from the antisputants of Marseille office indicted for drug trafficking – Liberation

A new example of the expanding phenomenon of « narcocorruption ». Two police officers from the Antisputants Office (OFAST) of Marseille were indicted this Friday, April 4 in Paris on Friday, in Paris by examining jurisdiction against organized crime (Junalco) for drug trafficking and whitening in particularsaid the Paris prosecutor’s office.

Investigations « Revealed exchanges between police officers and other peoplerelating to the transfer of at least 360 kg of cocaine, apart from any hierarchical control, and on the concealment of the real quantities arrived in the territory ” During a supervised drug delivery from Colombia in February 2023, according to the same source.

At the end of their police custody started on Monday, the two police officers were indicted on Friday to « Import and trafficking in drugs in organized gang, money laundering, association of criminals, false in public writing, damage to the privacy of privacy by fixing, recording or transmission of the image and words of a person »according to the prosecution. The Paris prosecutor’s office asked for their placement in pre -trial detention to prevent them from consulting.

An investigation had been initiated on the basis of anonymous information in February 2023, relating to A cocaine arrival at the port of Marseillesent by container from Colombia, and bound for the Paris region, reported the Paris prosecutor’s office. The Marseille Interregional Jurisdiction (JIRS) had entrusted the investigations to the OFAST.

“As part of this investigation, it had been agreed to monitor the arrival of a cargo from 180 to 200 kg of cocaine; However, it turned out that this delivery allowed the entry into the territory of almost 400 kg of cocaine ”according to the prosecution.

According to the same source, « Faced with the difference between the information received and noted, the OFAST Nanterre had disengaged from operations » And « Several actors in the case had also been surprised at the difficulty with which these narcotics were sold in Marseille, suggesting that police surveillance was obeyed ».

The initial survey was closed in January 2024, without arrest. The same month, the General Inspectorate of the National Police (IGPN) « Had been seized internally, of suspicions weighing on the conditions this import ».

Searches were made in April 2024 in the premises of the antenna of the Marseille OFAST. In September, the Junalco seized the investigation, on divesting the Marseille prosecutor’s office, then entrusted the investigations to investigating judges on November 27. On February 13, two people were indicted for importing and trafficking in drugs, and placed in pre -trial detention.