Nightclub bites: 69 cases reported in Brittany and Pays de la Loire – Ouest-France

Testimonies have been pouring in for several months across France, denouncing a massive phenomenon of “wild bites” in bars and nightclubs. In the West, the Attorney General at the Rennes Court of Appeal indicates in a press release, Thursday May 5, 2022, that 69 cases have been identified by the police and the gendarmerie. In detail: 43 cases were reported to the Nantes prosecutor’s office, 15 in Rennes, 4 in Vannes, 4 in Saint-Malo, 1 in Lorient, 1 in Saint-Nazaire and 1 in Brest. “In support of the complaints received, investigations, in particular analysis and expertise, have been carried out. The results of these biological analyzes are all negative, both for GHB and for other toxins”, indicates the general prosecutor’s office. Read also: Nantes. Suspected drug injections, checks and vigilance in nightclubs No arrests None of these files has given rise to an arrest, for the moment. “The reason for these acts, without associated consideration, theft or corollary violence, is not identified,” the statement said. To conduct the investigation at the level of the Court of Appeal (Brittany and Loire-Atlantique) in order “to have an overall view” of the phenomenon, the Attorney General announces that he “has just instructed that the investigation services, police and gendarmerie are in co-referral with their regional level (judicial police and gendarmerie research section)”. Read also: TESTIMONY. Bites in a nightclub in Rennes: “I no longer had any control” The public prosecutor’s office concludes its press release by recalling: “Possible victims are invited to make themselves known as soon as possible after the commission of the facts, with the services of investigation or hospitals, for the purposes of findings. » Bites in nightclubs: 69 cases reported in Brittany and Pays de la LoireEXPAND