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The spectacular rise in pharmacy burglaries in Île-de-France

2020-10-22T20:40:09.203Z


In Paris and in the inner suburbs, pharmacy burglaries increased by 205% compared to 2019. An organized sector is at the origin of these acts of vandalism, which explode in the north of France.


In Paris, we are happy that delinquency is on the decline.

This was recalled by the prefect of police, Didier Lallement, during a meeting on October 14 with the mayor Anne Hidalgo, the mayors and district commissioners.

"

But these statistics are absolutely not telling, knowing that there was confinement.

It does not translate at all the state of minds of Parisians, who see an upsurge in burglaries, pick-pocketing, robberies with violence,

”plague

the mayor of the 5th arrondissement, Florence Berthout

, to Le

Figaro

.

Among these disturbing crimes are pharmacy break-ins, which have increased dramatically in recent months.

Read also: Delinquency: the worrying increase in burglaries

The curious phenomenon was revealed during confinement.

The day after Emmanuel Macron's announcements in mid-March, pharmacies were targeted.

Via its voluntary form, which pharmacists can fill out after an assault, a burglary or threats, the national order of pharmacists has identified

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Source: lefigaro

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