Dummy weapons were discovered in a training room at the Longuenesse penitentiary center (Pas-de-Calais), a case “taken seriously“by the authorities, said Friday, May 27 the Interregional Directorate of Penitentiary Services (DISP).
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These weaponsfull-scale“were discovered on Wednesday”at the level of the workshops, one of which on a work plan“Said the Lille DISP, confirming information from the Voix du Nord. An administrative investigation was opened after this discovery.taken seriously“, she added. The interregional director went to the site on Wednesday, with officers from the Regional Intervention and Security Teams, and searches were carried out.
“Could have been used for an escape”
The local sections of the UFAP Unsa Justice, FO justice and CGT penitentiary unions expressed their concern for the security of the establishment after this discovery, asking in press releases that a general search be carried out. According to Yannick Lefebvre, of UFAP Unsa, these are two weapons “Kalashnikov typeand a handgun, made of wood and very realistic, which were hidden in rubble and “could have been used for an escape“.
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The searches carried out on Wednesday in the establishment, which houses some 750 detainees, led to the seizure of a few mobile phones and small quantities of cannabis resin, he told AFP. “These weapons were necessarily made in the presence of the trainer, perhaps put under pressure by the prisoners“, he pointed. The CGT also wondered about “the involvement of the trainer“.