Recidivist dealer in Besançon's Montjoux gets three years for drug trafficking
A 22-year-old dealer serving an electronic bracelet from an earlier conviction was sentenced to three years of prison in Besançon on 6 November 2026, after police found cannabis and other drugs in a cellar he ran with a woman paid €80 to store them. He was also fined €2,000 and banned from the Doubs for three years.
A 22-year-old dealer was sentenced to three years of imprisonment at the
Besançon court on 6 November 2026, for drug trafficking as a recidivist.[1]The storage space was a cellar in a building that belonged to a woman the man
had hired as a mule.[1]
Police found cannabis, cocaine, heroin and ecstasy in the cellar, and the woman
said she had been paid €80 to keep the drugs there.[1]Wearing an electronic
ankle bracelet from an earlier conviction, he had not stopped trafficking; a
search at his home seized drugs, phones and €3,500 in cash.[1]
The man did not wish to speak at his trial, and besides the three years he was
ordered to pay a €2,000 fine and was banned from the Doubs for three years.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Charged
1
Prison
3 years
Fine
EUR 2,000
Cash confiscated
EUR 3,500
Agency
police de Besançon
Agency type
Police
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis
Activity
Sale, Trafficking
Setting
Home, Other building
Case stage
Sentenced
Sentence
Prison, Fine
Region
Doubs
Sources
Ouest-Franceouest-france.frFRPlacé sous bracelet électronique, un habitant de Besançon poursuivait son trafic de stupéfiants
Open questions the AI reported
No figure for the amount of cannabis seized in the cave was published in this source; only the other drugs and the €3,500 cash are quantified.
The L'Est Républicain story cited by this source is paywalled and could not be opened, so no second account or cannabis weight could be checked.
The exact arrest date and how the man was in custody are not stated in the opened source; only the 6 November 2026 sentencing is dated.
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