French police have arrested the mayor of the city of Avallon after 70kg of hashish was discovered at her dwelling on Sunday, AFP and BFM TV have reported, citing legislation enforcement sources.
Jamilah Habsaoui has been mayor of Avallon, a city of 6,000 folks within the central-eastern Bourgogne-Franche-Comte area, since 2021 and can also be a regional councilor. Her dwelling was raided as a part of a preliminary investigation into drug trafficking.
Habsaoui purchased the property three years in the past however doesn’t reside there, the L’Yonne Republicaine newspaper reported. It added that Avallon city corridor had additionally been searched.
A complete of seven folks had been detained, together with two of Habsaoui’s brothers, AFP reported, citing the general public prosecutor of Auxerre, Hugues de Phily. He added that 983 grams of cocaine, €7,000 ($7,600) in money, and round 20 gold bars had been seized in a number of areas.
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The raid was a part of a wider anti-narcotics marketing campaign dubbed ‘Place nette XXL’ that was launched earlier this yr. Some 473 raids have been carried out, resulting in the arrest of over 7,000 suspects and the confiscation of three.6 tons of medicine, Inside Minister Gerald Darmanin wrote on X (previously Twitter) on Sunday.
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