Five people were tried in immediate proceedings before the judicial court in Digne-les-Bains, in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, for involvement in drug trafficking.[1] Four of the defendants were convicted at the end of the hearing.[1] The case concerned cannabis and cocaine trafficking in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence.[1] The court sentenced a man in his thirties to ten months of firm imprisonment as the principal defendant.[1] Three other defendants received suspended prison sentences.[1] The fifth defendant was acquitted.[1]

The investigation had begun after an anonymous report on 12 August described cannabis and cocaine trafficking in Digne-les-Bains.[1] Police then set up surveillance, including cameras and a drone, to identify the people involved.[1] That investigation led officers to the apartment of a woman in her fifties, which served as a storage place.[1] During a search carried out on 21 September, investigators found material for packaging drugs, cash and several travel bags belonging to different occupants.[1]

Some of the defendants came from Marseille or the Paris region.[1] One of the defendants admitted that the activity brought him about 100 euros of profit per day.[1]