Big fear Sunday for assessors in Seine-Saint-Denis, during the second round of the elections.
In Noisy-le-Sec, a group of young people tried to steal a departmental election ballot box from a polling station located in a sensitive neighborhood.
In
Figaro
, Jean-Paul Garnier, the chief of staff of the mayor of Noisy-le-Sec, deplored an “
unusual and shocking event.
"
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The facts took place around 4 p.m. Sunday. A group of seven to eight "
turbulent
"
young people
entered by surprise a polling station set up in a nursery school. In the morning, they were already prowling around, according to several witnesses. Determined to provoke the members of the office, the young people complained of not knowing that there was an election. They would also have claimed to be "
against the mayor
" assures Jean-Paul Garnier. “
These are young people who wander and are more used to heckling. They hang out near the narcotics spot. But there, they came to challenge the institution,
”adds the director of the cabinet.
Before leaving the scene, one of the individuals concealed under a mask and a cap, grabbed one of the ballot boxes before running away. “
It looks like an improvised event
,” says Jean-Paul Garnier. The president of the polling station then tried to catch up with them. "
He broke a nail trying to hold the ballot box
", relates the elected official. A few meters further, the youngster dropped the urn to the ground. "
It shattered and the ballots spilled on the sidewalk,
" he continues.
Fortunately, “
the 107 ballots that fell in the street were not damaged. They were all recovered and recounted
”, specifies the town hall. The vote was then suspended by the president of the office for nearly forty-five minutes. The police attended and the ballot resumed under their surveillance. DNA fingerprints were found and a cap was found at the scene of the theft.
"
This action is certainly linked to drug trafficking
", suspects Jean-Paul Garnier, convinced that the mayor's policy "
disturbs
". The latter said he was going to file a complaint. An investigation was opened, entrusted to the territorial security of 93. In 2020, this PCF mayor was already the target of fireworks mortars and his scooter had been vandalized in a city of the city.
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