Overview
- Six suspects were taken into custody this week and presented Sunday to the Charleville-Mézières prosecutor under a deferred-appearance procedure with requests for pretrial detention.
- Gendarmes seized 26 kilograms of heroin valued at about €800,000 after intercepting a transport during the night of Wednesday to Thursday.
- The convoy was stopped by the Reims intervention unit following tailing by the Reims observation and surveillance group, leading to three arrests at the scene.
- A second sweep in the Ardennes on Friday brought three more arrests and the recovery of €5,200 in cash, according to the gendarmerie.
- The investigation opened in 2024 after an anonymous tip about shipments from the Netherlands via Belgium and identified two mules and three local resellers distributing in the Ardennes and the Nantes area.