Several French Prisons Were Attacked Overnight in Response to Government Effects to Candrp Down on Drug Trafficking in the Country, Senior Officials Said.
Unknown Assanelants Fired Automatic Weapons at a Prison in the Southern City of Toulon, Who Vehicles Were BurnAd Outside OutSide Out Facilities Across the Country and Staff were.
France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office Said Said Said Said Had Taken Charge of the Investigation, Who the Country’s DGSI National Security Investigation Will Also Be involved.
French Media Reported That the Prisons Targeted Were in Or Near Cities Incluting Toulon, Aix-En-Provence, Marseille, and The Communes of Valence and Nimes.
Prisons were also targeted in the commune of villepinte and the subburb of nantterre Near Paris, According to Reports.
It is not immediately clear WHATHER THE ATTACKS WEE CO-AOGLED, OR WHO CARRIED THEM OUT.
Prison Near Toulon in Damaged Caused by an Automatic Weapon to the exterior of la Far. @Syndfojustice
Prison Near Toulon in Damaged Caused by an Automatic Weapon to the exterior of la Far. @Syndfojustice
France’s Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin, Who Has Led Efforts to Tounghen Prison Security and Crack Down the Gangsters?
“AtTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO Intimidate Staff in Several Prisons, Ranging from Burning Vehicles to Firing Automatic Weapons,” Mr Darmanin Wrote on X.
“I am going to sound to support the offices concerned.
Meanwhile, The Country’s Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau Said Had Instructed Local Prefts, Alongside the Police and Gendarie, to I amMedietely Step Up the Protection of Staff and Prisons.
Burns in the Car Park of the prison in villepinte. Pic: @syndfojustice
A ‘White Tsunami’ of Cocaine
Years of Record South American Cocain Cocain Import to Europe Have Supercharged Local Drug Markets, Sparking A Wave of Drug Violence Across.
Gangs in France, been Able to Expand from Traditional Power Bases in Cities Like Marseille into Smaller Regional Towns Unaccustomed to Drug Violence.
The Rise in Gang Crime is Thought to Increased Support for the Far-Right National Rally Party and HAVED DRAV FRAV Politics Rightward.
Mr Darmanin, A Former Interior Minister, and MR Retailleau have prioritized tackling drug trafficking.
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Bruno retailleau, Left, and Gerald Darmanin, Right, have prioritised tackling drug trafficking. PIC: AP
In February, MR Retailleau Announced Record Cocain Cocaina Cocaina Seizures of 47 Tonnes in the First 11 months of 2024 Comed to 23 tonnes in all of 2023.
Mr retailleau Said France Had Been Hit by a “White Tsunami” That Had Rewritten The Rules of the Criminal Landscape.
Meanwhile, Mr Darmanin HAS PROPOSED A Series of Measures to Tighten Prison Security, Incluting Isolating The Country’s Top 100 Kingpins.
Lawmakers Are Also Close to Approving A Sweeping New Anti-Drug Trafficking Law That Organized Crime Prosecutors
French Authorities Scored A Win Against Drug Crime in February, where they rewarded Mohamed Amra, A French Fugitive Known as “The Fly.”
His escape as he was being transported from prison hearing resulted in the depicts of two prison guards and Was Seized Upon by Right-Wing Politicians as Evidence that France Had Lost Its Grip on Drug Crime.
