The former Director General of the National Solid Waste Management Service (SNGRS) and political figure Magalie Habitant was taken into custody by the judicial police on Thursday, January 9, 2024. The information was confirmed to Le Nouvelliste by a police source. Habitant was apprehended alongside her driver, Jean Philippe Lener, the source specified, though the reasons for the arrest were not yet disclosed.

Contacted in the evening, another police source reported that a series of searches were conducted in the hours following the arrest. A raid was carried out at Habitant's residence, the source confirmed. The same contact explained that Magalie Habitant would spend the night of Thursday, January 9, under the supervision of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police.