1,357 arrests made in drug raids in France

Investigators have arrested 1,357 suspected dealers and criminals within a few days during extensive drug raids in numerous French cities.

As Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said in the eastern city of Dijon on Thursday, 751 of the suspects were already wanted by the judiciary.

According to the information provided, many of them are now in custody.

"We are taking dealers out of circulation in the long term," the minister said, countering the accusation that the police actions had no long-term impact in neighborhoods plagued by drug dealing.