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Nîmes Imposes Night Curfew on Minors as Reinforced Patrols Seek to Tame Drug Violence

Reinforcements from the Prefecture du Gard bolster overnight patrols in six deprived neighborhoods to calm rising fears over drug-related shootings.

A Limoges (Haute-Vienne), le 19 juillet 2025, après les affrontements entre policiers et délinquants.
Le quartier Pissevin, à Nîmes.
Immeubles du quartier Pissevin à Nîmes, dans le sud-est de la France, le 16 mai 2025.
Des véhicules de CRS au quartier Val de l’Aurence de Limoges, en août 2022.

Overview

  • The municipal government enacted a 15-day curfew for under-16s from 21:00 to 06:00 across six high-risk districts following a surge of narcotics-linked shootings and online death threats.
  • Prefect Jérôme Bonet has deployed around sixty additional police officers to conduct identity and vehicle checks aimed at disrupting drug-trafficking networks in Pissevin and nearby areas.
  • Residents describe a climate of terror as social centers and businesses remain closed and messages threatening to kill even young children circulate online alongside videos of armed men.
  • The police union Unité cautions that curfews provide only temporary relief and cannot alone halt brazen daylight shootings by young offenders.
  • Other mid-sized cities such as Béziers and Saint-Ouen have introduced similar nighttime restrictions for minors as authorities respond to Marseille-style gang violence spreading beyond the port city.