France vows to step up drugs fight after police vehicles torched

A police office stands guard in front of four police vehicles that were set on fire outside the Cavaillon police station in Cavaillon, near Avignon, on October 9, 2024. [AFP]

The French government on Wednesday vowed to intensify the fight against drug-related crime after four police vehicles were torched outside a police station in an apparent revenge attack in response to a new crackdown.

The four vehicles were reduced to burned-out wrecks outside the police station in the southern town of Cavaillon where security forces are now enforcing a nationwide operation against drugs crime.