A vast security operation carried out by the national and municipal police has been underway this Wednesday, October 5 since 4 p.m., in the Moulins district, west of Nice,
a police source told
Le Figaro , confirming information from
Nice Matin
.
The police are carrying out checks.
This muscular intervention, which takes place in the presence of the prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes, Bernard Gonzales, and the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, comes two days after the violent attack on several police officers from the Specialized Field Brigade (BST) in this district. plagued by drug trafficking.
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Monday, at the very end of the afternoon, a few agents had been taken to task by a gang of forty individuals as they tried to arrest a young dealer.
They had received a shower of projectiles, and one of them had been seriously injured in the head.
Bernard Gonzales said on Wednesday that the young dealer who had fled had been arrested overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Christian Estrosi clarified that ten families had been expelled from Les Moulins in recent months for cases related to drug trafficking.
On Twitter, the city councilor reiterates his “
unwavering support for those who protect us every day, at the risk of their own lives.
The police are, and will remain present in the neighborhood to ensure that the inhabitants find well-being and serenity like every Niçois.
»
The mayor of Nice also sees town planning as “
one of the solutions to this inadmissible delinquency.
The new Place Amaryllis, whose construction will be completed within 3 months, will complicate the life of traffickers and should calm the neighborhood, benefiting the well-being of the inhabitants.
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