Europe 1 with AFP 7:23 p.m., April 2, 2024

Six people were taken into custody and procedures for drug use were carried out in particular during the rave party organized during the Easter weekend at the Quimper airport site, according to the city prosecutor. .

“There were six placements in police custody in connection with the rave party: four for use and possession of drugs and three for acts of violence against persons holding public authority, rebellion and/or outrages,” indicated in a press release, prosecutor Carine Halley, specifying that one of the accused was in police custody for these two counts.

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According to the Finistère prefecture, some "8,000 people", who had started to arrive from 4:00 a.m. on Saturday, gathered at the Pluguffan airport platform, near Quimper, whose commercial activity has been interrupted since November.

200 vehicles still on site this Tuesday

The majority of the "partyers" had left the scene on Monday. Tuesday morning, "around 200 vehicles" were still present on the site, the prefecture indicated at the end of the morning, specifying that checks and fines were continuing "at the exit of the site" and "systematically".

"Regarding the procedures outside police custody following roadside checks and identity checks carried out at my request: 44 cases of driving after the use of narcotics, six driving under the influence of an alcoholic state, one procedure for contempt of court person holding public authority, 98 AFD (fixed tort fines, Editor's note) for use of narcotics", also listed the Quimper prosecutor.

The police made "various seizures of narcotics (cannabis, cocaine, heroin, MDMA, LSD, ketamine, ecstasy) as well as sound equipment used during the rave", according to the magistrate. In addition, 430 fines for inconvenient parking were issued, she added.

The “party members” had “forced entry to the airport”

To enter the scene, the "rabblers" had "forced the entrance to the airport, almost overturning the gendarmerie vehicle" deployed on site", declared Sunday the prefect of Finistère, Alain Espinasse.

The prefects of the four Breton departments issued orders last week banning undeclared festive gatherings of a musical nature during the Easter weekend, following information spotted on social networks.