The judicial police Bordeaux (illustration).
The judicial police Bordeaux (illustration). – PASTORNICOLAS / SIPA

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This is a decision of a rare scale. Four people were taken into custody Saturday morning following the seizure of more than a ton of marijuana in a house Mennecy, quiet little town of Essonne.

Overall, the judicial police Versailles has got hold of 1.1 tonnes of cannabis resin hidden in a house, “especially in the attic,” said a source close to the investigation. The police had been working for some time on this survey organized gang drug trafficking followed by the Court interregional specialized in Paris (JIRS).