Bordeaux Police Bust International Drug Ring: 10 Arrested in Cannabis Smuggling Operation

Two different operations were carried out within a week and led to these results. According to the investigators, the first concerns a team in charge of importing cannabis from Morocco via Spain and heroin to France. Products resold in Bordeaux Maritime. The police, in coordination with the Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI), managed to arrest six individuals aged 20 to 40, including two wholesalers and three alleged dealers. They were all indicted, in particular for drug importation and drug trafficking.

Commissioner Nicolas Joseph, deputy head of the departmental security of Bordeaux, told CNEWS that it is a "very structured network". "They wanted to stay under the radar of the police, so they weren’t doing go-fast type convoys. They were very careful, and only brought back 20 to 40 kg of drugs per trip," he explained. During the searches, the police seized a pump-action rifle, two .357 Magnum revolvers, a sum of 112,000 euros in cash, 23 kg of cannabis herb and 6 kg of resin.

The investigators also dismantled an "indoor" cannabis cultivation site in a house located right in the Bacalan district of the Bordeaux city as part of the second operation. On the first floor of the targeted house, the investigators discovered 250 cannabis plants, which were to yield 60 kg of harvest, which is equivalent to 600,000 euros worth of goods. In the process, they arrested, with the support of the RAID, the presumed "guardian/farmer" and three other individuals. They are all known to the justice system for drug and violent offenses. Pending their appearance before the judge, they were placed in police custody.