Overview
- A customs tip on January 19 led investigators to 13 pallets stored in rented boxes in Bourg-Saint-Maurice.
- Surveillance saw three rental cars shuttling between the depot and Arc 1800, with a noise-complaint call helping link consumed bottles to the stash.
- On January 21, three Maltese men were arrested and searches recovered 6,325 bottles valued at about €340,000 along with €5,000 and over £1,000 in cash.
- Gendarmes say the sellers solicited buyers on social networks and used cars as local drop points with home delivery.
- The case proceeds in Albertville under a December Savoie order restricting recreational nitrous oxide use, with the investigation continuing.