Evacuation of the Lieuron rave party, Saturday January 2 1998. – AFP
Seven people were in custody this Saturday at the end of the day after the rave party illegal organized in Lieuron (Ille-et-Vilaine) between Thursday evening and Saturday morning , announced the parquet of Rennes . Two of them, “born in 400, without a criminal record ”, are suspected of being part of the organizers of this“ illegal demonstration ”, indicates Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor, in a press release published following an operation which mobilized 70 gendarmes from 15 h.
“A search is in progress, which has already enabled to seize a sum of money ”, probably resulting from the“ sharing of the cash register ”of this paying event. “Narcotics” and equipment related to the sound system were also seized, says the prosecutor.
Five arrests during the dispersal
Five other people were arrested “on the sidelines of the dispersion ”And placed in police custody. Two of them were “owners of equipment”, namely “a double-deck mixer and a generator”. Three others were arrested for “infringements of the legislation on narcotics.”
The Rennes public prosecutor recalls that an investigation of flagrance was opened after revelers took over “a private land and hangar in the town of Lieuron to organize a free party there. subject of no declaration to the prefecture and in violation of current health rules ”. It was entrusted to the Rennes research section under the qualifications in particular of “endangering the life of others” and “infringements of the legislation on narcotics”.
In addition to these police custody, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin announced this Saturday afternoon more than 1. 190 verbalizations related to health restrictions. 400 other offenses were the subject of a verbalization, in particular for questions of narcotics.