Vendin-le-Vieil, France, July 22, 2025 (AFP) - France's first top drug lords moved to new supermax prison

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France on Tuesday started moving some of its most most notorious drug traffickers to a high-security prison as part of a heightened campagn against the narcotics trade. Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin said on X that 17 drug traffickers -- "among the most dangerous in our country" -- had been transferred to the prison in the northern town of Vendin-le-Vieil "under exceptional security conditions." Seven prison vans arrived at the site on Tuesday,......

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