A video was published on Sunday by Éric Ciotti in which several armed individuals could be observed in the Nice district of Les Moulins.
The prefect of the Alpes-Maritimes announced this Monday morning the arrest of three people as well as the discovery of four weapons, the day after the publication on social networks of a video by Éric Ciotti in which several armed individuals could be observed.
“5 kg of resin, 10 kg of cannabis and 2.2 kg of cocaine” were also seized, according to the prefecture.
Police reinforcements expected
The deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes and president of the Les Républicains party, Éric Ciotti, published this video on Twitter on Sunday evening in which “individuals walk around and hold the sector with weapons” in broad daylight in the Moulins district of Nice. On this one, we can see a hooded man who obviously holds a long weapon as well as two others with pistols.
According to our information, the Anti-Crime Brigade, CRS and intervention companies will increase their presence in the neighborhood.
“We are not going to send colleagues to the slaughterhouse”
The Alliance police union is calling for “permanent” reinforcements to deal with “crime which continues to grow”.
We are not going to send colleagues to the slaughterhouse in the face of people in possession of weapons of war, while our police rescue patrols are equipped with individual handguns”, argues the union.
“Nice should not become the scene of their settling of scores like Marseille. One can wonder when this “reconquest zone” district will become a zone of lawlessness? The police are there to serve and protect the citizens, not to the detriment of the own lives of its agents in a disproportionate balance of power with the means available to these criminals,” he added.
