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Drugs: the scourge of crack poisons Paris

2022-10-05T17:57:20.301Z


STORY - The dismantling of a drug addict camp, Wednesday, Porte de la Villette, is not enough to reassure exasperated residents.


Carried out at dawn on Wednesday morning, the evacuation of the "crack camp" at Porte de la Villette was presented by Gérald Darmanin as a

"final dismantling".

But in this sector of northern Paris, plagued by groups of drug addicts for years, residents have learned to be wary of the effects of announcements from the Ministry of the Interior.

Parked for a year in Square Forceval, which has just been "cleaned up" by the police, the "crackers" previously wandered in the 18 arrondissement, in the gardens of Éole, but also in 19, place Stalingrad.

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For Frédéric Francelle, spokesperson for the Paris 19 collective, an association which fights against this scourge in the capital, drug addicts will return to these last two addresses.

“And they are already here!”

, he testifies.

Because Wednesday's evacuation operation resulted in leaks.

“The drug addicts were warned the day before, by associations, of the date of the police intervention.

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Source: lefigaro

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