Moroccan Man Freed in Major Cannabis Trafficking Case, Awaits Trial

Fahed, 33, a management controller in Cholet (Maine-et-Loire) suspected of having taken part in the importation into France of two tons of cannabis from Morocco is now free. This is the decision made on Friday by the indictment chamber of the Rennes Court of Appeal, confirming the decision of the liberty and custody judge in the same city. In June, the prosecution had expressed its opposition to the release of the thirtysomething, who had never been convicted before. As a result, his pre-trial detention had been extended.

Incarcerated since May 17, 2022, Fahed can now return home to Cholet and resume his job. He had a hard time with his incarceration. "I’ve been living a nightmare for almost eighteen months, [...] it makes you think," he had said. He was unable to attend "the entry into school of [his] heavily disabled son". The child’s mother "lived the earthquake" that occurred in Morocco on September 8. But