Eight suspects set fire to screen-printed vehicles belonging to the police, probably in reaction to operations which aim to “shell” traffickers in the Félix Pyat city for several days. “BST agents have completely cleaned the city in recent days.

They erased tags and removed barricades. This drives the dealers crazy, who have to start from scratch,” underlines Rudy Manna, national spokesperson for the Alliance Police union. An investigation was opened for “intentional arson of administrative vehicles” and entrusted to the Bouches-du-Rhône police force.