They are young, they are women, men, and all claim to have been bitten without their knowledge. In the Landes, the gendarmes launch this Wednesday a call for vigilance. In total, six people have reported being sting victims since the beginning of the year. Cases found elsewhere in France. Since the beginning of April, around sixty facts have been recorded in France in night establishments located in the police zone. Several complaints have been filed, in Rennes, in Hérault, Isère, in Haute-Garonne or even in Dordogne.
Young men and young women, stung in the evening
Six people have reported having been bitten since the beginning of the year in the area covered by the gendarmes (the entire Landes department with the exception of Dax and Mont-de-Marsan, the police ensuring that they cannot communicate on this subject ). These victims are young people, as many women as men, and all claim to have been bitten at the exit of a nightclub or during private parties.
Among the six potential victims, no one was physically attacked, assure the gendarmes. Some had personal belongings stolen : a wallet, a watch, or even keys. The effects caused by the bite are not very obvious, warns the Landes gendarmerie. Loss of attention or vapors… The young people in question did not immediately understand that they had been stung. It’s often returning home that relatives noticed a strange mark on their arm.
At the end of last April, in Onard, during a big party bringing together nearly 1,000 people, two teenagers aged 14 and 16 got bitten. The Dax prosecutor’s office then opened an investigation. A 21-year-old Dacquoise had also filed a complaint. Of the 6 reports in the gendarmerie zone, no one has so far filed a complaint. 4 investigations are ongoingthe blood of the victims is currently being analyzed in the laboratory to determine the presence of narcotics.