Four men were arrested on the evening of Friday 5 April 2024 in Deuil-la-Barre, Val-d’Oise, by officers of the Versailles recherche and intervention brigade (BRI) and the financial BRI of Nanterre.[1] A second outlet, actu.fr, reports the same interception at about 22:00 on Friday 5 April 2024 in the Galathée district.[2]

The four suspects, who had left Spain that morning, were stopped around 22:00 in the Galathée district as they were about to unload the drugs.[1] The cannabis, close to 110 kg of herb, was carried in a Peugeot 5008, and two other vehicles travelled in the convoy from Spain.[1] Actu.fr states that 110 kg of cannabis herb was seized during the arrests.[2] Actu17 put the load’s resale value for dealers at close to one million euros.[1]

Investigators of the Versailles anti-narcotics office (OFAST) had followed the alleged organiser, a 43-year-old repeat offender, for several months.[1] He is suspected of organising this go-fast; police identified the three vehicles used and the three accomplices.[1]

A source close to the investigation said the men were arrested calmly, as the 5008 was full of cannabis herb.[1] The four were placed in garde à vue, French police custody pending investigation, at the OFAST offices in Versailles, where the measure can last up to 96 hours.[1] They were due to be brought before an investigating judge in Pontoise for a possible formal investigation.[1] Actu.fr likewise reported the planned hearing before a Pontoise investigating judge.[2]