It was 4 p.m. this Tuesday, January 21, when rail security officers checked passengers on a train at the Gap railway station (Hautes-Alpes). Among the passengers, a 40-year-old man who had several bladed weapons (machete, knife and cutter) as well as an airsoft weapon in his bag.
Category D weapons which, according to the law, can be purchased and possessed freely by an adult but which require a legitimate reason to be able to transport them.
The suspect taken into custody
Rail security agents then contacted the national police in the town of Hautes-Alpes. The arrest by the police took place peacefully and the individual, known to the justice system according to initial information, was placed in police custody.
-An investigation is opened, entrusted to the Gap national police. It aims to shed light on the motivations of this forty-year-old to travel with weapons on a train. This Wednesday, January 22 afternoon, the auditions were still in progress. A decision must be taken in the coming hours by the Gap prosecutor's office.
