Cocaine trafficking in Poligny: dealer avoids custodial sentence
A 37-year-old man, monitored by gendarmes for drug trafficking in the county capital, escaped incarceration despite severe sentencing recommendations.
Cocaine trafficking in Poligny: dealer avoids custodial sentence
A 37-year-old Poligny resident, suspected of supplying the local drug trade, avoided detention at his trial. The magistrate first mentioned a record fine of €7.5 million, whilst the public prosecutor's representative requested thirty months' imprisonment, of which twenty would be custodial. The final sentence proved far more lenient.
Law enforcement had been monitoring this man in his forties since the previous year, following several anonymous denunciations. These reports indicated that the county capital harboured an established cannabis and cocaine trafficking operation, with numerous clients and frequent transactions. The gendarmerie had notably spotted his Volkswagen Golf on several occasions on a path located six hundred metres away...
Source: Le Progrès
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