The last participants of an important rave party started on Saturday evening near the former ZAD of Roybon, in Isère, were on Tuesday afternoon leaving the premises, we learned from the prefecture.
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There remained "
very few people
", "
less than 200
", the prefecture said Tuesday, August 3, adding that "
the gendarmerie checks continue until the last departures
". There were still about 2,000 people on the spot Monday morning, according to a source of the gendarmerie. France 3 Alpes for its part evokes "
up to 4000
" participants at the height of the weekend.
On Sunday, the prefecture estimated that about 800 vehicles had converged on this forest near the Drôme for this undeclared gathering.
The “
teufeurs
” settled between fields and forest, near the former ZAD (zone to be defended), occupied between 2014 and 2020 by opponents of the Center Parcs project led by the Pierre et Vacances group, finally abandoned to the summer 2020.
An open investigation, 70 verbalizations
Monday evening, the authorities, who say they control all vehicles leaving the site, announced that they had issued 70 tickets, mainly for consumption or trafficking of narcotics.
The firefighters of Isère made available to ravers still on site Monday self-tests to detect cases of Covid-19 and prevent any dissemination of the virus after this wild festival.
A judicial inquiry was opened "
to determine the responsibilities of the organizers,
" Grenoble prosecutor Eric Vaillant announced on Sunday in a joint statement with the prefect of Isère.
Several other rave parties were reported by authorities over the weekend. They brought together around 1,500 people in Gironde, nearly 600 in Vendée and 800 in Normandy, without any incident being noted.