Twelve motorcycles having been used for an urban rodeo in full confinement in Bordeaux, were seized at the end of April. - National Police

Three people were placed in police custody Thursday, as part of an investigation opened by the police after an urban rodeo which had taken place in full confinement, in the center of Bordeaux.

[DAILY SAFETY] As part of the #luttecontrelesrodeosurbains This morning, @ PoliceNat33 operation in the #Aubiers #Ginko @Bordeaux neighborhoods. 3 people in GAV, investigation in progress ... pic.twitter.com/ji6MBuiG7i

- Police Nationale 33 (@ PoliceNat33) May 28, 2020

The three suspects were released, we learned this Friday. One of them gets two tickets, one for not wearing a helmet, and the other two will be summoned before the Criminal Court of Bordeaux, said the Bordeaux police station.

Twelve machines seized in the Aubiers district

This motorcycle rodeo took place on April 26 in Bordeaux, in full containment. Departing from the Aubiers district, around twenty people had gone to the Place de la Comédie by motorbike, quad or buggy, often without a helmet. The scene had been filmed and widely commented on social networks.

Yesterday, young people without a helmet in motocross riding wild rodeo in Bordeaux / 26/04 # irresponsible #Deconfinement #VilleuneuveLaGarenne pic.twitter.com/o8ZG4z8S64

- koby (@ koby46015871) April 27, 2020

The northern suburb of #Bordeaux which invites itself into town in full #confinement @ PoliceNat33 intervened, at the key 2 GAV ✊👏👏 # ConfinementJour42 #RestezChezVous pic.twitter.com/TL4qvzMXVZ

- 🅛 🅞 🅛 🅞 (@ lorenzobdx33) April 27, 2020

Alerted, the police went to the scene and were able to arrest two people, who had been placed in police custody. A few days later, twelve machines - mainly cross-country motorcycles and quads - had been identified and seized in the Aubiers district.

#SecuriteDuQuotidien #LutteContreLesRodeos As soon as motorcycles rodeos are reported to us, we remain vigilant. Today, police operation in the #aubiers @Bordeaux district, discovery of 9 cross motorcycles, 2 T-Max and 1 quad, investigation in progress pic.twitter.com/CjzpsQb5oJ

- Police Nationale 33 (@ PoliceNat33) April 28, 2020

After investigative work, the police were able to trace up to six new suspects, who were targeted in the context of an operation carried out on Thursday morning in the Aubiers and Ginko districts. Three of them were arrested at that time. The investigation continues.

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