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Man Dies in Paris Police Custody After Drug Arrest as Oversight Inquiry Opens

Authorities have opened an inquiry led by SAIP and the IGPN, with an autopsy pending to determine the cause of death.

Overview

  • Belleville’s specialized field brigade stopped the man after officers said they saw him rolling a cannabis joint.
  • Police sources report he resisted a frisk, and officers used a stun device in contact mode on his lower leg to restrain him.
  • He began convulsing at the XXe arrondissement station, lost consciousness, received CPR, and was declared dead at 00:20.
  • The on-call public prosecutor and the IGPN went to the station, and the officers involved were interviewed on Thursday morning.
  • A medico-legal certificate was issued and the body was transferred to the Institut médico-légal for an autopsy, with the precise cause of death not yet known.