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Police End Illegal Raves in Yvelines and Var After Injuries and Mass Fines

Prefectures responded with bans, roadblocks, drone support, large-scale checks to curb unauthorized gatherings.

Overview

  • In Mézy-sur-Seine (Yvelines), officers dispersed an unauthorized rave early Saturday after about 50 holdouts threw projectiles, leading to a CRS intervention.
  • Authorities reported seven people slightly injured in the Yvelines operation, including three police officers and four participants, with forces remaining on site into late morning.
  • Near Tourtour (Var), roughly 500 people and about 200 vehicles gathered as the prefecture blocked access routes and deployed drones to support ground units.
  • Over the weekend in Var, about a hundred gendarmes conducted vehicle checks and issued 250 contraventions, including 42 for drug possession and 12 for driving without a license.
  • The Var prefect cited an October 9 order banning such gatherings and warned organizers and attendees that administrative and criminal proceedings remain possible.