Yesterday afternoon, a 25-year-old man and a 30-year-old woman were tried in immediate appearance before the court, for their participation in drug trafficking in the heart of the Aude capital.
On Thursday March 30, it was following a phone call from her ex-companion to the police that Gwenaëlle was intercepted driving her Audi vehicle in downtown Carcassonne, while she was driving Mostafa, whose the role was to deliver cannabis, cocaine or even ecstasy that consumers had previously ordered on the Snapchat social network. During the check at a red light, Mostafa had tried to flee with his backpack and his phone, before throwing everything into the Aude. The backpack finally recovered, the police then found €520 in cash, nearly 26 g of cocaine, 12 g of ecstasy, 78 g of cannabis resin and 79 g of herbal cannabis.
Arrested in this context, this 30-year-old Carcassonnaise and this 24-year-old Moroccan homeless first challenged their participation in drug trafficking, before admitting to having been recruited by traffickers. He was responsible for reselling the products given to him, to deliver to customers who called on a dedicated telephone. Her role was that of driver.
“I was on the street and I met a man who offered me this job. For me, it was easy money, it could help me! The person who gave me the products was always wearing a hood and gloved. It was at a specific address and time…” She gave in to the temptation of a better life on Snapchat: “I was staying at 115 with my son when I saw this driver ad on Snapchat. I wanted to try to manage on my own with my son, refurnish my accommodation. Today, I am ashamed and I am want in !”
At the public prosecutor’s office, it was recalled that the two defendants risked 20 years in prison for the charges: “We are not on isolated traffic. At the very least, they have been doing this since March 21, with diversified products and appointments on Snapchat…” For Gwenaëlle, it is a sentence of 18 months in prison, including 9 accompanied by a probationary suspension for a period of two years which was required, as well as the confiscation of her Audi vehicle and a 6-month suspension of her license. To drive. Against Mostafa, 30 months in prison were requested with a warrant of committal. In defense of Gwenaëlle, Me Marion Blondeau did not miss her client’s ex “who dialed 17 to make this anonymous report and say ignominies. The very one who broke his ribs last summer… Thank you to this brave gentleman, who did not have the nerve to come to this room ratings! These two have nothing to do with regular drug trafficking.”
“My client does not have the profile of a trafficker.”
In the interests of Mostafa, Me Caroline Feckrache explained to the court that he only had “small hands, with my client who was offered to be a small salesperson with Madame, because he does not have a license”. For the Carcassonne avocado, “there is a scale of penalties to be respected in drug trafficking. My client does not have the profile of a trafficker. A probationary sentence with many hours of community service would be more appropriate than a thirty months in prison!” At the end of its deliberation, the court finally sentenced Gwenaëlle to six months in prison accompanied by a probationary suspension of two years, with the obligations to work, to be treated and to pay the sums due to the Public Treasury. Mostafa, meanwhile, was sentenced to one year in prison with a probationary suspension with the same obligations.
