Four police vehicles were set on fire in front of the Cavaillon police station (Vaucluse), on the night of Tuesday October 8 to Wednesday October 9. For the unions, this is retaliation, following the daily work of the police which “disturbs drug trafficking”.
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On the night of October 8 to 9, four police vehicles were set on fire in front of the Cavaillon police station (Vaucluse). The smoke impacted two homes near the police station, which were evacuated. Pour Claude SIMONETTI, SGP Cavaillon police unitthere is no doubt, this is an act of retaliation. “I will be clear, this happened because the colleagues work, they are in daily contact with drug trafficking, make seizures and bother the traffic”, he insists. He explains that their work is “disturbing”.
In the images posted on X (formerly Twitter) and visible below, the vehicles burned in the early morning:
These facts come a month after the creation of a new specialized police team on site. Since the installation of the new anti-crime brigade (BAC) de Cavaillon deployed to reinforce CRS 81 in mid-September, the net hits are multiplying against local traffickers. For some time now, a large quantity of narcotics and weapons ammunition have been seized.
On October 2, the Vaucluse national police announced that they had arrested 15 people in the town of Docteur Ayme, in Cavaillon, and had seized several kilos of drugs. 3 kg of cocaine, 2 of cannabis resin, 530 g of weed. Two 9mm magazines and 17,000 euros were also found. “These are not the result of Place Net operations, but rather the work of the agents who intervene on a daily basis.” whom he would like to congratulate: “They do not easy work every day, in complicated conditions, and despite this, they succeed..” Claude Simonetti hopes that this intimidation is limited to material damage: “We are not cannon fodder.”
The Docteur Ayme city of 2,500 inhabitants has become one of the largest drug sales points in Provence-Alpes-Cote-d’Azur, particularly for its strategic position between Avignon and Carpentras. Since 2021, the city of Doctor Ayme experienced a increase in shootings and gunshots, like that day when more than 230 children had to be confined to their schoolarousing the anger of the residents.
