Four police cars were set on fire in front of the Cavaillon police station during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. The prefect and the Minister of the Interior believe that this is retaliation by drug traffickers after a “clearance” operation in recent days.
The Minister of the InteriorBruno Retailleau, reacted: “The State will not allow itself to be intimidated and we will intensify our fight against drug banditry. I will place the fight against organized crime at the center of my concerns because it constitutes an attack on our institutions”.
The president of the region PACA, Renaud Muselier, accused on the social network “those who want to impose the law of the underworld, the law of drugs, against that of the Republic.”
The RN deputy for CavaillonBénédicte Auzanot, believes for her part that “it is an attack against the State and its representatives. France is paying for decades of judicial laxity”. She asks “action, action, action”.
Senator Les Républicains de Cavaillon, Jean Baptiste Blancexplains in a press release that it is necessary “hit hard, resist and stand in the face of reprisals!”
The reaction of police unions
Rudy Mann, spokesperson for the Alliance police unionevoked “France burning. France without authority. France without sanction. Support for Cavaillon’s colleagues”.
Linda Kebab, la national secretary of the Unity union emphasizes that “the work of the police against drug trafficking disturbs the criminals”.
