Wednesday June 16, 2010, four people involved in international drug trafficking were arrested on the A4 motorway (02) in the intervention group of the Gendarmerie Nationale (GIGN).
The operation took place as part of an investigation conducted jointly by several months since the SR of Orléans, Orléans DIPJ and IRM 45.
Since summer 2009, the Division of Research (SR) of Orleans (45) investigation into the Orleans region, on the facts of importation of drugs like heroin and cocaine.
The arrest took place on the A4 motorway in the night from June 15 to 16 by the GIGN with the support of the Air Force Division (SAG) Villacoublay (78). The group intercepted the vehicle carrying at the Dormans toll in Aisne (02) then, a few miles away, the vehicle opener. The individuals were arrested without resorting to the use of arms.
Four people, aged between 23 and 24 years, have been arrested and held in custody at Orleans. The two vehicles used to transport ontété seized. Following the police operations carried out by technical and scientific forensic technicians the group gendarmerie Departmental (GGD) of Orleans and officials of the Forensic Identification DIPJ Orleans, searches have revealed, with the assistance of canine investigation group (CIG) of the Gendarmerie d'Orleans, 2000 euros and 5.660 Kgrs heroin high quality hidden in the carrier vehicle. Analyses are under way to determine accurately the quality of the product.
case of pure heroin market value of this seizure is estimated at around € 400,000 .