Anti-crime police (BAC) in Aureilhan, near Tarbes in the Hautes-Pyrénées, interrupted a suspected drug deal in the Cité des Arrious at about 17:30 on Wednesday 28 October.[1][2] They checked a car whose passenger had been seen exchanging something with a young woman on foot, who ran off when the officers appeared.[1] Two men in the car were arrested, and a third suspect was picked up the following day.[3]

A bag at the passenger’s feet held drugs and €440 in cash, and a search of the car turned up more drugs and another €60.[1] Officers seized 34.92 g of heroin, 23.33 g of cocaine, 56.71 g of cannabis resin and 42.21 g of cannabis herb.[3][1] The cannabis totalled 98.92 g.[3][2][4] Police valued the drugs at about €3,200 and also seized €500 in cash.[3][1]

The two men were placed in police custody.[1][2] They said the bag belonged to a third man, whom the BAC arrested the next day.[1] A search of his home found a ‘cocotte’, a small wrap of cocaine, and three bars of cannabis resin whose packaging matched that in the bag.[1] After their custody ended, all three men were summoned to appear before the tribunal to answer for their acts.[3][1][2]