It is better not to be in a hurry to drive into the Cité des Rosiers, in the heart of the 14th arrondissement of Marseille. The road is, as in many neighborhoods plagued by drug trafficking, littered with all kinds of debris carefully arranged to slow down police vehicles in the event of a surprise raid.
“Is this the coal?” » lance Thomas 1 to five barely adult kids placed under the passage of a condominium building of 750 housing units with a faded facade. After acquiescing, the group, on the lookout, rushes with their client into the hall of a tower of the dilapidated residence, where another young man provides him with his bag of shit for 10 euros.
“We feel that the network is destabilized, less organized than usual, that the roadblocks are less visible”, notes the consumer, familiar with the neighborhood but still disturbed by the increased police presence in the surrounding area. Over the past month, “punching” interventions have multiplied in the continuity of a national strategy, “Place net XXL”, launched in October 2023 by Gérald Darmanin.
The outlines of this system were revealed on March 19, when Emmanuel Macron went to his “city of heart” for a surprise visit, joining the Minister of the Interior, the Minister of Justice and the Secretary of State. responsible for the City, and former deputy for Marseille.
It was in Castellane, a city known for hosting important deal points, that the president, flanked by his silent ministers, announced in front of a cohort of journalists a new raid running over three weeks in around ten neighborhoods of Marseille.
2024-04-11 04:14:03
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