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Seine-Saint-Denis: Gérald Darmanin communicates the first results of the “XXL net square” operation
Gérald Darmanin made a trip to Seine-Saint-Denis on Saturday March 30 following the implementation of the “square net XXL” operation, which aims to fight against drug trafficking.
(Franceinfo)
Gérald Darmanin made a trip to Seine-Saint-Denis on Saturday March 30 following the implementation of the “square net XXL” operation, which aims to fight against drug trafficking.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, the Minister of the Interior, Gerald Darmanin, continues its tour of “place net XXL” operations in the Paris metropolitan area. 33 anti-drug actions were carried out, leading to 319 police custody. Figures which swell the results on a national scale. The minister notably reported more than 1,738 arrests. 150kg of drugs would have been seized, including heroin and cocaine, or 2.4 million euros. “We had more than 20,000 police and gendarmes mobilized“, clarified Gérald Darmanin.
A “social fight”
Launched with great fanfare in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône), the campaign continued in the North, in Lyon (Rhône), Dijon (Côte-d’Or), Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) and in the Paris metropolitan area. “Place clean” operations aim to eradicate drug trafficking throughout France. They must also be accompanied by other measures, particularly prevention. “The fight against drugs is not just a fight for security, it is a fight for Company“, declared Gérald Darmanin.
