Refusing any “speech of defeat” in the face of drug trafficking, Emmanuel Macron made a surprise visit on Tuesday to Marseille in the city of Castellane in the north of the city, for the launch of the “square net XXL” operation, which should extend over several weeks. “The goal is to try to destroy the networks and the traffickers and for the few who make your life impossible to leave,” the head of state explained to residents, two weeks after the cry of alarm from Marseille magistrates, who had requested a “Marshall plan” to save France’s second city from drug banditry.
According to Adrien Quatennens, deputy of La France insoumise du Nord, guest of La Grande interview Europe 1-CNews on Wednesday, we “witnessed more the shooting of a major cinema film than a real justice and police operation “. “We had the impression of seeing a wrong number from a competing channel [type] action investigation. The French have had enough of Emmanuel Macron’s communication operations, they would perhaps like to see him less but for their lives to change more,” he judged.
“Legalizing and controlling cannabis is a solution to drying up trafficking”
Traveling to Marseille, the Head of State announced that it was “the first in a series of around ten so-called ‘XXL’ ‘clearance’ operations”. In two days, police, gendarmes and customs officers arrested 82 people and placed 63 in police custody. More than 350,000 euros of cash or assets, two weapons, 8.2 kg of cannabis and 339 grams of cocaine were seized, an “absolutely ridiculous” result for the LFI deputy from the North.
“These people have been in power for seven years now, Gérald Darmanin, it’s five years of war on drugs. For what result? Consumption continues to explode”, affirmed Adrien Quatennens for whom “we should on the contrary put the package in the long term in the judicial police”.
At the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk, the LFI MP spoke on the legalization of cannabis. “For all drugs, I think that users must be decriminalized. We must not penalize the use, we must not criminalize the use […] I believe that legalizing and controlling cannabis is a solution to drying up the traffic,” he decided on the subject, affirming that “the cannabis issue overburdens the police and our courts”.