He would have brought large quantities of cocaine into France. The number two officer of Bordeaux's judicial police (southwest) will face trial in Paris for his complicity in drug dealing. Eight other defendants, including a police officer who was also dismissed in April 2021, will be tried.
Liberation reports that the policeman is accused of setting up an illegal importation of cocaine to make his money with the assistance of his subordinates and other informants. This was while he was still the head of the operational section of OCRTIS (Central Office to repress illicit drug trafficking).
Our colleagues say that the case started in 2013, with "a banal inquiry into drug trafficking". During which police will wiretap a man "suspected" of importing cocaine from Guyana and sending the goods to freight at Orly (south Paris) airport. When questioned, he says that he is a man responsible for "security of passage in customs". The investigation will reveal that the man is an informant for the Office of Narcotics, which has Stephane Lapeyre as his agent and his subordinate.
"Thanks to the Narcotics Police who requested customs as a part of a controlled Delivery", the French police method that allows drugs to pass through borders in order to dismantle resale networks. It was not mentioned in the procedure.
Stephane Lapeyre's lawyer Me Thibault de Montbrial didn't respond to our request. Me Anne-Laure Compoint was the lawyer for the other officer in police custody. She did not want to comment.
Francois Thierry was the ex-head of the antinarcotics department and is charged with complicity for drug trafficking. This case, focusing on the controversial links between police officers and "indicators", shaken the anti-drug system. It led to the replacement OCRTIS (Central Office for the repression illicit drug trafficking), by Ofast (Antidrug office). 2019: Narcotics
Recent scandals have included rank-and-file officers or those who hold high positions in the police force. Commissaire Michel Neyret was the head of Lyon's anti-gang brigade. He was convicted of providing confidential information to Lyon's "indicators" in exchange for gifts and advantages, and also for taking his tithe to fund informants by seizing narcotics.
The Bac Nord case in Marseille was another example. 18 police officers were charged with "theft, theft, extortion within an organized gang, violent aggravated, acquisition, and transportation of narcotics." 11 of them received suspended sentences (ranging from two months to one-year), while seven others were released.
