French authorities seized 156.7 tons of drugs in 2022, announced on Wednesday 1is March, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. “The fight once morest drug trafficking is more than ever the mother of all battles”hammered Mr. Darmanin during a joint press conference alongside the Minister of Justice, Eric Dupond-Moretti, and that of public accounts, Gabriel Attal.
In detail, 128 tonnes of cannabis were seized (+15% compared to the previous year), which represents a record at “no comparable level”, according to the Minister of the Interior. In 2022, 27 tonnes of cocaine (+5%) were seized, 55% of which came from the West Indies and Guyana. “We must prevent this white tsunami from reaching our shores”said Gabriel Attal.
Seizure of “historic” cocaine in the port of Le Havre
The Minister of Public Accounts, responsible for customs, announced that a seizure of cocaine “historical” was carried out on February 19 by its services in the port of Le Havre, with 1.9 tonnes of powder intercepted in a few days.
He said the government would not show “neither angelism nor cowardice” to combat drug trafficking. Finally, 1.4 tonnes of heroin (+ 8%) and 273 kilos of synthetic drugs (+ 21%) were seized in France in 2022.
