Drug smugglers are most likely behind an unprecedented wave of attacks on French prisons, although foreign influence and far left remain as potential instigators, the French interior minister said today Brown.

“Most likely to be drug smugglers. Is one of the most reliable scenarios’, Retagio told RTL.

At least nine prison facilities and institutions related to target of night arson and other attacks this week and a car set on fire at the home of a prisoner.

Retagio confirmed the arrest of a personbut said it is very early to say if it is linked to the attacks, which according to the government seems to be a response to its efforts to suppress an increase in Cocaine’s record levels that flows to Europe from Latin America.

Plans for high security prisons

Justice Minister Gerald Darmann plans to Opened prisons of the highest security In order to house the highest high levels drug smugglers in France and limit the contacts of prisoners with their families.

A team in Telegram, called “French Prisoners” (DDPF), was set up a day before the start of the attacks and claims that the rights of prisoners are threatened, has been under investigation.

Massive cocaine influx of Latin America has transformed local drug markets, causing one wave of violence.

In spite of the seizures cargo that reached a record high in France, gangs recorded unexpectedly high profits as they expand their action from traditional bases in cities, such as Marseille, to smaller cities that are not common in drug -related violence.

For his part, the prosecutor who is leading the National Anti -Terrorist Public Prosecutor’s Office said today that there is no “scenario” in the investigation of attacks on penitentiary institutions in France.

“There is no arrest at this time when we are talking, and, once again, there is no targeting of a specific profile,” Olivier Christn told Franceinflo.

Terrorism “Through bullying (…) is a characterization we can keep”, said the prosecutor to whom the investigation has been assigned.

Although drug smuggling has been particularly reported by the Minister of Justice‘No scenario is considered to have been closed’ including one possible foreign mixinghe said. ‘Everything is possible’according to Olivier Christine, even if “There is no evidence right now that allows us to think about it.”

Series of attacks for three nights

For Three consecutive nightsfrom Sunday night to Wednesday morning, order France was held in France against prison institutions, mainly on vehicles, but also a fire of automatic weapons against the prison gate in Toulon (southeast), which did not cause victims.

A total of “21 vehicles” were “burned and a dozen vehicles were damaged,” according to Christ, who clarified that, in the midst of yesterday’s night, “no such nature was committed”.

It was a “quiet night,” Interior Minister Bruno Bruno in RTL also said.