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Twelve arrested in investigation into two killings linked to drug trafficking near Dijon
Twelve people were arrested early this week in connection with two killings near Dijon, France.
The victims were an ambulance worker shot outside his home in Marsannay-la-Côte and a man killed in a Dijon shooting three days later, in September 2025.
The arrests followed a year-long investigation and took place in five French departments: Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Oise, Var and Haute-Garonne.
Investigators suspect those involved had different roles, including carrying out the killings, driving or organising them.
Authorities say the killings were tied to a rivalry between local drug traffickers and groups from other cities competing over drug-selling locations in Dijon.
A gun and ammunition were seized, and 15 people are now under formal investigation in the two cases.
The arrests do not establish guilt.
Twelve people were arrested in an investigation into two killings linked to drug trafficking near Dijon.
The killings were an ambulance worker shot dead at home in September 2025 and a second man killed in a shooting three days later.
The arrests took place earlier in the week across Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Oise, Var and Haute-Garonne.
The Dijon prosecutor said those suspected in the killings may have acted as gunmen, drivers, people giving orders or logistics workers.
The cases are linked to a rivalry between local traffickers and teams from other cities over drug-selling areas in Dijon.
Fifteen people are now under formal investigation in connection with the two killings.
- Who
- Twelve people were arrested; 15 people are now under formal investigation in connection with the killings.
- What
- The arrests are part of an investigation into two killings linked to drug trafficking.
- When
- The arrests took place earlier in the week. The killings occurred in September 2025, three days apart.
- Where
- Arrests were made in Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Oise, Var and Haute-Garonne; the killings were near Dijon.
- Why
- Investigators suspect the killings were linked to a rivalry over drug-selling areas in Dijon.
Local traffickers
Teams from other cities
Territory
Local traffickers
Local traffickers and teams from other cities are disputing Dijon’s drug-selling areas.
Teams from other cities
Local traffickers and teams from other cities are disputing Dijon’s drug-selling areas.
The protagonists of these two crimes are suspected of having been gunmen, drivers, people giving orders or logistics workers
It is a war of positioning, it is a war of domination. Because today, in drug trafficking, what matters is the ground, that is, the territory you hold
An ambulance worker was shot dead in his car outside his home in Marsannay-la-Côte.
A shooting in central Dijon killed one person and seriously injured another.
Eight people were arrested.
Twelve more people were arrested across five departments after a year-long investigation.
- Arrests
- 12 people arrested
- First killing
- Ambulance worker shot dead in September 2025
- Second killing
- One person killed in a Dijon shooting three days later
- Arrest locations
- Côte-d’Or, Yonne, Oise, Var and Haute-Garonne
- Formal investigations
- 15 people
- Seized items
- A pistol and ammunition
Sources
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