The leader of the Marseille Yoda gang, Félix Bingui, a figure in narco-banditry, was arrested on Friday in Morocco, French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced on Saturday.
The public prosecutor of Marseille, Nicolas Bessone, confirmed to AFP the arrest in Casablanca (west of Morocco) of Félix Bingui, 33 years old (symbolic image).
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“One of Marseille’s biggest drug traffickers was arrested in Morocco. Bravo to the police officers who tirelessly continue the fight against drug trafficking,” wrote Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin on X, confirming information from the newspaper Le Parisien.
“A big blow has been dealt today to drug banditry thanks to our cooperation with the Moroccan authorities, whom I thank,” he added.
The public prosecutor of Marseille, Nicolas Bessone, confirmed to AFP the arrest in Casablanca (west of Morocco) of Félix Bingui, 33 years old.
He was the subject of an arrest warrant from a Marseille investigating judge for “importing narcotics in an organized gang, transport, detention, acquisition, transfer of narcotics, criminal association (…) laundering and not justification of resources,” said the prosecution in a press release.
2023, bloody year in Marseille
A turf war for control of deal points between his gang called “Yoda” and a rival group called “DZ Mafia” has bloodied the city of Marseille, particularly last year.
The year 2023 was, in fact, the bloodiest in Marseille with 49 people killed, including four collateral victims, and 123 injured, in violence linked to drug trafficking.
Some 35 of these “narchomicides” were directly linked to these rivalries between two clans, according to Pascal Bonnet, deputy to the judicial police in the south of France.
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