Urban rodeos. Four arrests in two days in Le Havre: “We are fighting against thugs”

Gérald Darmanin, the Minister of the Interior announced, Monday August 8, 2022, the intensification of controls on urban rodeos following a dramatic news item in Val-d-Oise. At Havre (Seine-Maritime)where an anti rodeo cell was created in 2019, no less than four arrests in flagrante delicto with confiscation of three quads and a motorcycle took place during the weekend.

“They like to provoke us”

“Thugs”, “delinquents” and even “criminals”, the boss of the police in Le Havre, Patrick Longuet does not skimp on words when he evokes the authors of urban rodeos. For the divisional commissioner, head of the district including Le Havre, Bolbec and Fécamp, this weekend was once again largely focused on “this scourge which comes back every year in summer”. “This is the reason why we have set up a dedicated unit. »

Four people were caught red-handed after my men were sure they could do it safely and three quads and a motorbike were confiscated. We insist on these confiscations because for these thugs who like to provoke us, in particular by wheeling and sometimes endangering people on the public highway who have not asked for anything, the machines are very important,

For example, the quads confiscated this weekend cost between 10,000 and 15,000 euros.

“Some hide motorcycles in apartments”

For Patrick Longuet, “The urban rodeo is neither festive nor playful. It is an act of urban violence. What happened in the Val d’Oise this weekend could have happened in Le Havre, where one of the arrested was in the city center. A few weeks ago, a child was injured in Gonfreville l’Orcher. We have since challenged the author but we also came close to tragedy. »

Without giving the figures of the cell, which works in partnership with the city of Le Havre on the subject, the divisional commissioner ensures that they are still growing strongly this summer. “Proof that thugs feel well hunted and this is the case here in Le Havre, some do not hesitate to hide motorcycles often from theft in their apartment. »

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