After Marseille last week, large-scale anti-drug operations were carried out in four major cities in the country this Monday, March 25. A new demonstration of force from the French government in its fight against drug banditry.
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Lille, Lyon, Dijon, Paris and its close suburbs. Four cities where four anti-drug operations were carried out simultaneously this early Monday morning. Far from being a surprise, since last week in Marseille, Emmanuel Macron had warned that these “XXL net square” operations, as they are called, would multiply in the coming days.
A change of gear therefore and an assessment: 496 arrests according to Gérald Darmanin, who sets the objective at 850, and who wishes to go back to the “ network heads “. To achieve this, 15,000 police officers, gendarmes and customs officers are being mobilized this week, indicates the Minister of the Interior, who promised new offensives in ” the coming weeks “.
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These operations come one week after that launched in Marseille on March 19. This is still in progress. But a week later, the toll remains very limited: 160 people in police custody, 30 kilos of cannabis and 1 kg of cocaine seized. Poor results which fuel criticism of these anti-drug operations.
Of the ” communications operations », for the opposition. Firstly because they do not cut off traffic which adapts by developing on the Internet. Then, because they fail to bring down the network heads. Gang leaders capable of running their business from behind bars or from abroad.
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