No public photo exists from him, but among the initiates, Nicolas H., 63, is considered one of the most emblematic figures of the PJ. A man who bridges the eras and generations over more than three decades of antidrogue control. Posting at the antisputing office (OFAST, ex-Ocrtis) for twelve years, the divisional commander previously spent fifteen years at the Paris and three years Stups Brigade with the very secret interministerial technical assistance service (SIAT), in particular responsible for infiltrators and informants, where he headed the Central Bureau of Sources.
A pedigree that alone explains why the searches carried out on July 22 in his office and at his home, revealed by the Parisianstirred the high police hierarchy. These searches are part of a preliminary investigation open to the national jurisdiction against organized crime, linked to the troubled management of indications, on which the prosecution refuses to make the slightest comment at this stage.