- Twenty abandoned cars were removed Wednesday morning in the Blosne district of Rennes.
- The operation aimed to free the parking lots, but also to avoid the car fires that often affect abandoned vehicles.
- These cupped cars also serve as hideouts for drug traffickers. Cannabis, a knife and a baseball bat were found Wednesday morning.
Jeko has already sniffed a good number of cars before tackling a Renault Scénic which is missing two wheels. The dog from the Rennes police canine brigade rushes into the abandoned vehicle and easily spots the two pebbles of shit barely hidden in the storage compartment of a rear door. In this vehicle, which has obviously not been driven for ages, the police will also discover a baseball bat, a knife used to cut cannabis resin and stretch film, probably not there to pack sandwiches.
A few minutes later, the gray minivan will be towed by a tow truck and will leave the Blosne district on a truck from the pound. If he wishes to recover it, the owner will have to pay a fine of 35 euros and 115 euros for impound charges. "Plus six euros per day of waiting," said a municipal police officer. Given the content and condition of the vehicle, not sure if it makes the trip.
As of Wednesday morning, around twenty vehicles suffered the same fate in the Blosne overhead car parks. In this working-class neighborhood, cars are frequently abandoned and stuck on bitumen for months. "There were two or three here. Did they take them off? This is great news, ”says a resident of the slab of Yugoslavia, close to the metro station. In this parking lot, a Golf has been lying there for weeks. Inside, you can see an old computer, a cathode-ray television screen and boxes. "The inhabitants and social landlords regularly ask us to intervene," explains the commissioner Nathalie Freche, who heads the operation. In France, it is forbidden to park your vehicle for more than seven days on the public highway.
"Often the first to be burned"
If these cars are removed, it is first to free up parking spaces. But not only. During episodes of urban violence, “abandoned cars are often the first to be burned. There is a great risk of the fire spreading, "continues the Commissioner. Listening to the police, you quickly understand that these suction-cup cars are also regularly used as hideouts to hide drugs.
Under a dusty Renault Mégane parked in Place de Banat, the dog Jeko discovers a pack of cigarettes in which a head of grass is hidden. Planned for a long time, this operation had to be postponed because of the confinement. In a few hours, around twenty cars were thus removed. "And we will come back," promise the police.
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