“We’ve been allowing drug trafficking to take hold for 30 years,” regrets Axel Ronde, spokesperson for the CFTC-Police union.

The Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin explained, Saturday March 30, that he wanted to continue his anti-drug operations, called “XXL clean space”. Guest of 19/20 info, the spokesperson for the CFTC-Police union, Axel Ronde, believes that “Drug trafficking has been allowed to take hold for 30 years” and denounces a “mafia taking hold”. “Something had to be done”he assures about these operations, criticized by certain police officers.

“It will be up to justice to do its job”

Axel Ronde believes that these operations will only be effective if they “endure”. “It will be up to justice, afterwards, to do its job.” The policeman recalls that“There will be deadlines for the Olympic Games, where we will be fully mobilized”thus making the long-term fight against the deal and the traffickers difficult. “We are going to do these operations as much as possible, for as long as possible, with the resources we have. But we know very well that there are going to be waves”warns Axel Ronde, who ensures that it is not necessary “not to be defeatist”.