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Cavaillon: four police vehicles burned, a link with drug trafficking?
Cavaillon: four police vehicles burned, a link with drug trafficking?
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In Cavaillon (Vaucluse), four police vehicles were set on fire on the night of October 8 to 9, in front of the police station. No police officers were injured.
A blaze in the dead of night, in the city center. It was 4:50 a.m. on October 9 when four police vehicles caught fire in Cavaillon (Vaucluse). Inside the establishment, three police officers are shocked, one of them films the scene. The fire caused no injuries, but caused significant material damage. A neighbor, who lives just opposite, is still traumatized. Stupor also in the town of 26,000 inhabitants. This fire comes a few days after a large operation in a town in Cavaillon, a hub for drug trafficking.
So is there a connection between these events? Yes, according to a police union spokesperson. The investigation was entrusted to the organized and specialized crime division of Avignon (Vaucluse). At this stage, no arrests have yet taken place according to the prosecution. The CRS 81 left Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône) for this city of Cavaillon. She will stay there for three days, for the moment.
Watch the full report in the video above.