Marseille: Arrest of the Marseille sponsor Gérald Campanella
Sunday 05/11/2017 at 09H03 - updated Sunday 05/11/2017 at 09H08 Marseilles

Gérald Campanella, 50 years old, well known figure of Marseille banditry, was arrested yesterday and placed in police custody in the premises of the judicial police in Marseille.
It is understood, along with five other people, as part of an open investigation case for "gang murder and criminal conspiracy". He was returning from abroad when he was apprehended.
Gérald Campanella had been on the run since 13 November 2013 and under an arrest warrant on 15 June 2015. On 21 October 2016, he was sentenced by the Marseille Criminal Court to 10 years in prison after the discovery of a cache of weapons in the district of Capelette (10th).His DNA had been found on an automatic pistol, ammunition and a magazine. He did not show up at his trial.