False report and trafficker detained in Morocco: François Thierry tried in Lyon

Accused of having written a false police custody report to justify the extraction from prison, in April 2012, of Sofiane Hambli, a major cannabis trafficker recruited as an informant, now detained in Morocco where he has been serving a twenty-year sentence since 2022, François Thierry, former head of the Central Office for the Suppression of Illicit Drug Trafficking (OCRTIS) from 2010 to 2016, appears this Monday before the Rhône criminal court.

Following the validation in July by the Court of Cassation of his referral for “forgery of public documents by a person in a position of public authority” and “destruction of evidence”, the former head of the anti-drugs office will appear from September 23 to 27 before the criminal court of the Rhône, reports South West. François Thierry risks 15 years of criminal imprisonment. “My client feels injustice, this trial is a disgrace,” says his lawyer Francis Szpiner, who will plead for acquittal. He will add: “The false police custody did not harm anyone and took place with the blessing of the Paris prosecutor’s office.”