This is what is called a game of pétanque that messes things up. This Saturday, February 27, the sun was shining in the sky over Montpellier and the thermometer read 15 ° C. Suffice to say that the weather was fine to enjoy the city. And a bunch of Montpellier residents took advantage of it a little too much … Gathered for a birthday, forty people took part in a game of giant petanque.
And in these times of pandemics, gatherings are obviously prohibited. This is the reason why the local police had to intervene to interrupt the game, explain to us 20 Minutes. Several participants being part of a petanque club, the police requested the evacuation of the premises from the president. The police played leniency by simply warning that an administrative procedure would be opened if this were to happen again.
An improvised part which resulted in two fines, one against the president of the club for unauthorized assembly, and the other against a participant for not wearing a mask.
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