1,357 arrests at the national level, including “751 for judicial purposes”, announces Gérald Darmanin

The Minister of the Interior assures that since the start of the “XXL net square” operations last week, 1,357 arrests have been made at the national level.

Published


Reading time: 1 min

Gérald Darmanin Minister of the Interior and Overseas Territories, February 2024. (ESTELLE RUIZ / HANS LUCAS)

Traveling to Dijon (Côte-d’Or), Thursday, March 28, the Minister of the Interior updated the figures for the “square net XXL” anti-drug operations taking place in six large French cities.

Gérald Darmanin announced 1,357 arrests at the national level, since the start of operations last week, including “751 with judicial objectives”reports France Bleu Bourgogne, that is to say “people identified by magistrates as being to be arrested as a priority, mainly for drug trafficking, but also for banditry or other matters linked to drug trafficking”, said the minister.

This Thursday, the minister was traveling to the Fontaine d’Ouche district in Dijon, where operations took place. Other cities, such as Marseille, Lille, Paris (including Seine-Saint-Denis and Hauts-de-Seine), Lyon, Clermont-Ferrand are also the scene of these anti-drug operations.


source site

Latest