Nearly 2,000 people at a rave party in the Haut-Rhin

“The situation is calm overall and there has been no particular incident so far,” said the prefecture, which counted 500 participants at 6:00 p.m.

“The departures were regular throughout the day,” she added, without being able to indicate when the gathering would end.

This techno party attracted up to 40,000 partygoers overnight from Saturday to Sunday before dropping to 2,000 in the early followingnoon.

“They come from all over the national territory”, said Saturday, during a press briefing, Colonel Alexandre Jeaunaux, commander of the Haut-Rhin departmental gendarmerie group.

About 120 gendarmes and around 40 firefighters are mobilized to ensure security on the premises and carry out checks.

All the drivers who leave are checked, “in order to guarantee the protection of the population and the respect of the rules of conduct and safety at the wheel”, specified the prefecture.

Late Sunday followingnoon, some 53 offenses, including 21 offenses mainly of possession of narcotics or driving under narcotics or alcohol, were served.

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