At the beginning of January, in Terville, a motorist catches the eye of the police. A “simple” forgetting to activate his indicator led the police to arrest him a little further, in Terville.
During the check, the men in blue smell the singular smell of narcotics in the passenger compartment of the vehicle. The individual is searched. €700 was found on him, along with bags of grass, an iPhone 14 and another phone. What motivate a search at his home, where “a large bag of grass” is discovered (365g), as well as conditioned brownish material (50g). Heroin. The person concerned was immediately taken into custody.
A business of 80 to 100€ per day
And here is the interested party judged in immediate appearance Monday, January 16 at the court of Thionville. Faced with President Marie-Cécile Dupuy and her assessors, the mis en cause, 27, with a record weighted by ten mentions, claims that he has now “opened his eyes”. That he no longer wants “this life”, that is to say this daily life marked by drug trafficking. “30 and 40 grams sold per month” according to him, “never hard drugs” he says. Any idea of the profit he was able to amass? “I cannot estimate it, slips the one who refused the access codes of his telephone to the investigators. It brought me about 80-100€ per day. Enough to support his family.
“I chose the easy way”, recognizes the repeat offender, from whom the court was finally able to extract this information: “I may have had to sell a kilo of cannabis, since January 2022. “
Karim Kadouche* was sentenced to 24 months in prison, including 12 months suspended on probation for 2 years. An obligation of care and work was served on him, as well as an order of incarceration and the revocation of a previous reprieve of up to 10 months.
* Identity published from one year in prison.
