Drug Trafficking Surges in Puy-de-Dôme: Customs Seize 380 Kilos as Region Becomes Key Transit Route

31 July 2021 – bySylvanus@Bladi · 1 min read

The customs of Clermont-Ferrand are involved in the fight against drug trafficking in the Puy-de-Dôme, a transit department for Moroccan cannabis as well as other drugs. In total, 380 kilos of drugs seized since the beginning of the year.

In the Puy-de-Dôme, drugs transit through the major highway axes, A75 and A71 and travel by post and express delivery. "It has always been a place of passage," says David Taillandier, regional director of customs. Vehicles from the South reach the North to deliver resin and cannabis herb. "They come up from Morocco, the production area via Spain to go north and more broadly to Europe, he explains. The traffickers go through the A75 and the A71, which is a major axis like the Rhône valley".

Another type of drug is transported from North to

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