19-year-old Centrafrican held with 2 kg of cannabis in Anjou
Gendarmes in Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire, arrested a 19-year-old man from the Central African Republic on 4 September 2024 with 2 kg of cannabis after he fled a road check. He told investigators he acted under duress for a trafficker based in Rezé, near Nantes, and was held in custody while facing a possible prison sentence of up to 10 years.
🇫🇷 Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, Maine-et-Loire · France
Gendarmesarrested a 19-year-old man from the Central African Republic at
Saint-Georges-sur-Loire, in Maine-et-Loire, on 4 September 2024.[1]He was
arrested while in possession of 2 kg of cannabis.[1]
The arrest followed a road check at which the suspect at first refused to comply
with the officers’ instructions.[1]He then fled by car, pursued by gendarmes
of the surveillance and intervention platoon, the PSIG, of Angers.[1]During
the chase he tried to get rid of the drug by throwing it out of his vehicle’s
window, and the officers saw him do it.[1]
Once caught, the young man was placed in garde à vue, French police custody.[1]During questioning he reportedly said he had acted under duress for a
trafficker based in Rezé, near Nantes.[1]He faces a prison sentence of up to
10 years.[1]
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The cannabis is described only by weight, with no statement of whether it was herb or resin and no valuation.
The suspect's name and the exact circumstances of the road check were not published.
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