The police put an end to a traffic in fake admission tickets to the Louvre Museum. In connection with this affair, 14 people were arrested on Wednesday in Paris, we learned on Saturday from a police source, confirming information from the Parisian.
Police officers from the Paris Conurbation Local Security Department (DSPAP) “carried out a vast operation aimed at dismantling a traffic in counterfeit tickets” which were sold to tourists in the queue in front of the doors of the Parisian museum .
Placement in detention of six individuals in an irregular situation
“This operation made it possible to arrest 14 individuals, 8 of whom were placed in police custody”, specifies the same source. “The six others, in an irregular situation, have been placed in detention as part of the ongoing investigation”.
According The Parisian, the members of the network collected the paper or electronic tickets from visitors who had just completed the tour of the museum, before reselling them for more than the purchase price to other people. The Louvre Museum, which welcomed 2.8 million visitors in 2021, welcomed around 10 million visitors per year before the Covid-19 pandemic.