Two days after Emmanuel Macron’s astonishment in La Castellane and a series of arrests in the global field of drug trafficking in Marseille, the Marseille Politiques program won on Thursday night the deputy mayor for tranquility, prevention, security and the fire brigade, Yannick Ohanessian. .
It was an opportunity to recall the operations of the “XXL blank position”, but also the employment factor for other people from the northern districts, the passage of the Olympic flame in Marseille or the means put in place for security in the city.
This Thursday morning, the balance of the “clean place” operations amounts to 23. 4 kg of cannabis, 944 grams of cocaine and just over five million euros. The police also seized five weapons, only about 20 kg. and about fifty cartons of cigarettes. For Yannick Ohanessian, “this is just the beginning. We have to go after the head of the network. “
The deputy mayor insists on the need for “a police operation every day”. “The first to be affected [by drug trafficking, editor’s note] are those who live there. We’ve asked, with the mayor, that police officers can just stay on site,” he said, describing it as “constant work. “
Despite police operations, lookouts and traffickers temporarily return to their posts once the police have left. “It’s a race against time, they organize and reorganize very temporarily in the housing estates,” says Yannick Ohanessian.
The population of the urbanizations affected by drug trafficking is also affected by greater difficulty in accessing employment than others. “The employment factor is paramount, but we can see how many paintings need to be made. First of all, in their livelihood environment: we want to get out of concrete, repair public transport and transport,” said the deputy mayor.
When the Olympic flame arrived aboard the Belém in Puerto Viejo on May 8, the security chief indicated the presence of “almost 5,000 police and gendarmes. “”We have to supply ourselves on land, sea and air. “
Yannick Ohanessian wants it to “remain a celebration”, but admits: “The other Marseillais will have to understand that it will also be a bit restrictive, as we will make the place, i. e. the U of the Old Port, completely airtight. Not for pedestrians, but for vehicles. You’ll have to park outside the area. “
For the people of Marseille there is no uncertainty: a pedestrian zone will be created around the Old Port, which will be closed to cars. “There will be controls,” he said. The issue of parking is probably a delicate one and Marseille residents who leave their cars in the safe place in the direction of the flame will end up with their vehicle confiscated.
As for the video surveillance cameras in Marseille – Emmanuel Macron had promised 500 – Yannick Ohanessian assures that “at the moment we will have to have about 150 cameras. This year 73 cameras will be installed and next year 150 will arrive. “We used about 60 cameras around the marina for the Olympics because the state asked us to make it safer around the Olympics. “
Above all, “this is a multi-year plan for 500 cameras, with the usual preference of the mayor of Marseille and the head of state to say that we have to start with the northern districts, to catch up. And that’s precisely what we did,” said the deputy mayor.
It is a topic that is being talked about: the issue of the environment in Marseille, with illegal dumping. Yannick Ohanessian defended the environmental brigade, made up today of 14 other people from the municipal police: “270 cases were attended to in 2023. We went back through the chains, we did investigations that we sent to the prosecutor’s office so that only then would the justice formula do its job. “
It is also an opportunity for the deputy to regain the speed of collection of family waste in the Metropolis, which has caused chaos in the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th districts. “When it comes to collecting and cleaning the roads, it’s up to the Metropolis to come and do its job,” he said. Today, the situation is catastrophic. I can’t find a single user who is happy with the cleanliness of this city. Not a single bachelor in Marseilles. “
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