Sophiane Hambli Trial: Morocco, Cannabis Trafficking and the Ocrtis Scandal

From 2 to 31 March 2026, sixteen defendants will stand trial before the Bordeaux Criminal Court in this exceptional case. Among them are Commissioner François Thierry, former director of the Ocrtis, and his main “informant,” Sophiane Hambli. The latter, nicknamed “La Chimère” and currently detained in Morocco, will probably be absent from the hearing.

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The case broke in October 2015 when customs officers discovered 7.1 tons of cannabis resin in Paris. The drugs came from a shipment of more than ten tons “imported from Morocco via Spain” as part of a delivery monitored by French police. François Thierry is suspected of facilitating this importation through his “Myrmidon” plan without fully informing the judicial authorities about the methods used.

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Sophiane Hambli’s role will be at the heart of the proceedings. Investigators consider him a possible “sole mastermind” of the trafficking operation, while he maintains that he was merely a “logistics operator” in an operation approved by the police hierarchy. This scandal, described as the “case that killed the Ocrtis,” led to a major reform of the fight against drugs in France and to the creation of the Ofast in 2019.