Europe 1 with AFP 14:57 p.m., May 28, 2023
Participation in an undeclared rave-party in the countryside of Roybon, Isère, tripled between Friday and Sunday to reach some 1,500 people, said the prefecture of the department. The owner of the field, whose harvest was "devastated", filed a complaint yesterday with the gendarmerie, added the prefecture.The festive gathering had begun in the night from Friday to Saturday around 2 am "on private land, an agricultural field sown," said the prefecture, adding that the participants had increased from 450 Friday to 1,500 Sunday morning. In a statement, the prefect announced that he had activated a crisis cell on site including firefighters, gendarmes and rescuers until the end of the rave-party, which according to the prefecture "could last until Monday".
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Complaint filed by the owner of the field
The gendarmes of Isère and Drôme, bordering department, are deployed on the roads that serve the area since Saturday morning. Since the beginning of the event, 300 vehicles have been checked and 43 fixed fines have been issued for drug use.
According to the local press, this gathering takes place near the Bois des Avenières, near the former ZAD (zone to defend), occupied between 2014 and 2020 by opponents of the Center Parcs project carried by the Pierre et vacances group, finally abandoned in the summer of 2020. The owner of the field, whose harvest was "devastated", filed a complaint yesterday with the gendarmerie, said the prefecture.