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).



“The heavily condemned criminals” in the past

The police first arrested two men coming out of the flag and were busy loading the drug in a van. They then arrested the two occupants of the home, a sister and a brother.

He, aged about thirty years, has a background in drug cases. The other two men, who have “30 to 45″ and are from Essonne and Seine-Saint-Denis, are “heavily condemned criminals” in the past for robberies and drug trafficking.



They have “not been able to manage so that the JIT requires caution”

The smugglers generally avoid store as many drugs at the same place for a long time, fearing, if conviction, punishment commensurate quantities seized. “The team has taken risks and failed to manage as JIT that caution is required,” according to a source close to the investigation.

The four suspects were still in custody Sunday evening to view the premises of the Regional Directorate of the Judicial Police of Versailles.