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

20 Minutes with AFP

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