An investigation by the police of the departmental security of Haute-Garonne led to the arrest of three people who would be involved in heroin trafficking. Police seized 2.1 kg of heroin and more than 2,700 ecstasy pills.
“Small” market which would count around 200 regular customers according to a specialized police officer, the heroine does not know in Toulouse the success that it meets further north, near Belgium and the Netherlands, two countries by which this powder from the poppy transits. However, it remains a closely watched drug “because it is hyper addictive, whether injected or snorted,” warns a specialist investigator.
Investigators from the unit for the fight against narcotics and the underground economy of the departmental security, now fixed on the important sectors which “supply” the Toulouse deal points, have been monitoring very closely since 2017 the “players” in this market. heroin.
Twice they “broke” the networks that were articulated around the city of Glory, east of Toulouse with large catches – 5 and 3 kg of heroin and € 300,000 seized. The gendarmes also assembled a team, still located at La Gloire at the end of 2020.
This time, the Toulouse police officers took an interest in an old acquaintance of theirs, a “usually drug addict”, who once again seemed very active in the heroin deal. Several weeks of surveillance and tracking were necessary to identify two other people including a young woman, aged 21, who was increasing the number of trips back and forth between Toulouse and the north of France.
Cocaine, crack and € 5,800 in cash also seized
During his last return from his trip on Wednesday, the police decided to intercept him. The search of his home revealed more than 2,700 ecstasy pills! A very big catch which represents more than 25,000 € on the market. And the police continued by searching the identified drug addict and an individual, 49 years old who was considered during the investigations as a big client of the young woman.
The searches exceeded the hopes of the Stups police officers since they seized 2.1 kg of heroin, but also almost 300 g of cocaine, crack, not to mention € 5,800 in cash.
After their custody, the three suspects were presented to an investigating judge. Charged, all three were imprisoned.
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