The Rhône prefect had positioned national police officers to reinforce elected officials and municipal agents, Saturday morning in the 8th arrondissement. The district mayor, Olivier Berzane, told Le Figaro that up to 450 sellers were present.
Sellers - whose merchandise is not always legal - who sell cigarettes and medicines in particular. The prefecture intends to continue this “strengthening of the police presence to oust street vendors” in the coming weeks. The wild markets can be an opportunity for trafficking of all kinds.