Two men aged 62 and 41 appeared at the Montauban court on Friday 3 April 2026 and were held in provisional detention until their trial, set for 5 June.[1] Gendarmes arrested four men on 31 March 2026 in Moissac, Castelsarrasin and Valence-d’Agen in Tarn-et-Garonne, breaking up a network they said had been active since 2022.[2]

About fifty gendarmes carried out the dawn operation under the Castelsarrasin research brigade, which had watched and tapped the suspects for several months around the Marengo alley in Moissac.[2] Searches of a flat and a cellar in Moissac found 1.6 kg of drugs: 962 g of cocaine, 260 g of heroin and 415 g of cannabis resin.[2] Officers also found a dummy 9 mm ball-firing weapon, and the Montauban public prosecutor said the man questioned over about 96 hours admitted trafficking but denied owning the drugs found in his cellar.[2] Two suspects were released and face later proceedings for drug use, while the other two were brought to court for immediate trial on 3 April.[2]

The court in Montauban sentenced the 62-year-old, a repeat offender, to four years, one of them suspended, and the 42-year-old, a repeat offender, to three years, one suspended, keeping both in detention.[3] At trial the court put the drug haul’s market value at €71,400.[3]

The case began with a letter from the “Mères de Moissac” collective to the mayor on 14 October 2025 alerting him to a network in the town, and the 62-year-old was observed making repeated trips to a Mondial Relay parcel locker on a car park.[3] The second man, 41 in April and 42 by the trial, was arrested with 0.5 g of cocaine and denied storing the drugs, arguing he had handed back the keys to the cellar.[3] The defense lawyer called it a small-scale trade reaching only about ten users, and argued fingerprints were never taken in the cellar.[3]