It was one of the very “hot” points ten days ago during the skirmishes of the night of July 13 to 14. The Alexandre-Dumas estate in Villejuif is where a police officer on patrol was attacked, injured and then hospitalized. This Sunday, the police were again in this district located near the European institute for the fight against cancer Gustave-Roussy. More specifically, staff from several anti-crime brigades and a canine unit intervened in the cellars, where narcotics, two motocross bikes and at least one weapon were discovered.
A resident confirmed on Monday that she had seen the police but admitted that she was no longer surprised. “There are often clashes and this gives a bad image of the whole neighborhood,” she regrets. If there were no scuffles on Sunday, the police made a series of discoveries: a hunting rifle, two bullet-proof vests, cannabis herb and around twenty of cannabis resin capsules.
No arrest
They also got their hands on pills with an as yet unidentified composition, a sachet containing a brownish powder as well as 300 g of white powder which could turn out to be cocaine according to a police source. According to the same source, several handguns were also found.
“Motorcross bikes were also seized, adds the municipality of Villejuif. This news is satisfying at a time when rodeos have multiplied in the neighborhood in recent weeks. This will help reduce nuisance for residents. »
“The Kremlin-Bicêtre police station” is seized of the investigation, it is specified at the Créteil prosecutor’s office. There was no arrest. Sunday’s intervention “is part of larger police operations such as that which occurred in early July at Place du Moutier”, specifies the city. Sixteen people were arrested. “Our municipal police have been passing there regularly since in order to maintain the occupation of the land. »
Another investigation was already opened on July 14 following the injuries caused to the police officer on patrol, shot in the arm and face. The PCF mayor Pierre Garzon had appealed for calm following these events: “I know that the current heat wave is making life difficult in our city but I repeat it, nothing justifies such acts. »
The Cité Alexandre-Dumas is also the subject of a vast urban renewal project in order to improve the living conditions of its inhabitants. 182 apartments will be demolished, 370 will be built, 36% of which will be HLM. The park of May 8, 1945 will be enlarged on this occasion and a new school should see the light of day in the district. The work should take place between 2028 and 2031. Pending the forthcoming opening of an annex town hall, the city has just inaugurated a third place serving as Maison France Services, avenue du President-Allende, in this district judged to be in lack of public services.
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