Overview

• Versailles BRI officers boxed in Mansouri near Pasteur in the 15th arrondissement around 8 p.m. after days of surveillance and took him into custody without resistance.
• Paris prosecutors confirmed the arrest as part of an operation that exploited heavy congestion to stop his vehicle.
• Mansouri was subject to multiple arrest warrants and was listed as a priority target by OFAST after years of running operations from abroad using false papers.
• He has been convicted in major cannabis-import cases, including investigations tied to roughly 740 kg, 569 kg and 322.6 kg of resin.
• Following his capture, he was presented to a Paris appellate magistrate who executed his sentences, and TF1 reports he has ten days to contest his convictions.