An investigation by the Anti-Drug and Smuggling Unit (Adsu), Alpha 4 of the Metropolitan Police into the seizure of five hundred and eighty-two grams of heroin with a street value of Rs 8,730,000 million on Friday, February 25, led to the arrest of a couple in an apartment in Riambel on Saturday, March 5. He had in his possession several gold jewels and a sum of Rs 472,750, which is suspected to come from money laundering. Marie Kelly Etienne Théophile, 32 years old and his wife Louis Thierry Théophile, 34 years old, living in Roche-Bois are suspected of being involved in drug trafficking.
This whole affair started at around 12:05 on Friday, February 25. It is on the basis of certain information and after hours of surveillance that these men of Adsu, led by Inspector Mohes landed in an office on the thirteenth floor of the Citadelle Mall in Port-Louis. Esther Deborah Atwaroo, 21 years old and living in Cité La Cure who works there as a debt collector was arrested. This after the police seized a blue colored satchel. This one contained eight parcels wrapped with adhesive tape containing heroin, two parcels with black adhesive tape containing heroin, an electronic scale, a box containing a watch and two cell phones. A search of her purse yielded two additional cell phones.
Esther Deborah Atwaroo incriminated Thierry Théophile, alias Ti-Baffle, who was her ex-boyfriend, as the person to whom the drugs belong. In this case, this young woman is considered as a storekeeper.
This meticulously conducted investigation brought Inspector Mohes’ men closer to a couple living in Roche-Bois. This is how the assault of the Adsu was given in an apartment on the Royal Road of Riambel at 5:10 am on Saturday, March 5. Louis Thierry Théophile and his wife Marie Kelly Théophile, a saleswoman were arrested after these policemen seized the sum of Rs 472,750, a gold bracelet, two gold chains, a pair of earrings, a medallion, two rings with precious stones, a gold ring in the shape of a horse’s head, a gold ring and two cell phones. Whatever the cut that together, Marie Kelly Theophile gave as address L’Agrément, Saint-Pierre. This a way says an investigator to confuse the trail.
Thierry Theophile was placed in detention at the police station of Vacoas, while his wife was placed in a cell at the police station of Sodnac.
After an initial appearance before the Bail and Remand Court in Port-Louis on Sunday morning, the Théophile couple was brought before the court in Souillac on Monday morning, March 7. They are facing a provisional charge of money laundering.
