He is not the first to do so: OS, a thirty-four year old Saint-Martinois, tried to send cocaine to himself by La Poste.
During his stay on the island last year, he bought drugs at Cole Bay and placed it in two envelopes which were mailed in May and August in the French part, the recipient being himself in metropolitan France where he resides. Except that the two folds were intercepted by the customs services in Guadeloupe.
Without difficulty, OS admitted having acquired 16 and 18 grams of cocaine for personal use and having slipped them into two envelopes. For the first, he gave a false name for the sender. For the recipient, it was he and his partner's mother.
A search took place at his home in the Maritime Alps; a sum of 1 euros in cash and 750 grams of cocaine were found. OS justified that the cash corresponded to his salary as a security guard in a night establishment, words which were confirmed by the employer at the time. As for the 2 grams of drug, they were also intended for its own consumption, they had been bought in Cannes.
What the Deputy Prosecutor believes. "We often see it in this type of case, defendants send the drug they buy here to themselves because it is cheaper," he said before requesting a four-month warning sentence. suspended month and a fine of 400 euros.
After deliberation, the court imposed a fine of 1 euros.
The lawyer for OS had insisted in his oral argument that his client recognized that it was "stupidity" and that he had stopped using cocaine since the facts. "He had produced two blood tests to prove it," she said. In addition, OS, which had been tried at the beginning of the year in mainland France for driving without a license, is also in the process of passing its driving license.
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