A party organized Tuesday evening after the start of the curfew at the Union, a suburb of Toulouse, resulted in 72 verbalizations after being discovered by the gendarmes, said the latter on Wednesday (February 24).
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A 17-year-old took advantage of the absence of his parents to invite friends at 7:00 p.m., one hour after the entry into force of the curfew aimed at fighting the Covid epidemic, said the gendarmerie.
This young man told the gendarmes that he was quickly overwhelmed by dozens of people who were not invited.
When this number was probably greater than a hundred, the gendarmes discovered the party and fined 72 people who will have to pay a fine of 135 euros each. Between 30 and 40 other people broke through the fences and managed to escape. As for the organizer of the evening, he was heard and "
will have to explain himself to justice
", still according to the gendarmerie.