The Boss of the INA arrested for the purchase of cocaine in Paris

The boss of the National Audiovisual Institute (INA), Laurent Vallet, was arrested on July 29 in Paris for the purchase of cocaine, indicate judicial sources, confirming information of current values.

Laurent Vallet, 55, had drugs delivered to his home before being arrested at his home by the police, according to sources close to the file. With regard to a first arrest, it was “oriented towards a therapeutic injunction. »»

It all started with a spinning of a 17-year-old young man with bin police (anti-crime brigade) who manage to follow him even in the interior courtyard of a building, reported a police source. When it comes out, they challenge it and discover that it has a sum of 600 euros. The young man tells them to see a friend.

600 euros of drugs

The police then contacted “the friend”, who is in fact the president of the INA. The latter acknowledges having bought the young man of cocaine for an amount of 600 euros and gives the drug to the police. Cocaine is generally sold around 60 euros per gram, at detail, in France.

Aged 55, Laurent Vallet was renewed in May for a third term of five years at the head of the INA, on the proposal of the Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati. The Institute whose mission is to archive the images and sounds of television and radio and to enhance these funds. Solicited by AFP, the INA did not react immediately.

Successor of Agnes Saal

Laurent Vallet has occupied the presidency of this public structure since May 2015. He then succeeded Agnès Saal, which remained less than a year in office. She had to resign at the request of the Minister of Culture at the time, Fleur Pellerin, after the revelation of exhorbitant taxi costs.

Before directing the INA, he was since 2002 Managing Director of the Institute for the financing of cinema and cultural industries (IFCIC), a credit institution which aims to facilitate access to credit for cultural businesses. He graduated from Sciences Po, HEC and ENA.