Four young girls (aged 11 and 12) were fined by municipal police in Toulon (Var) for shouting the word "ara" in a public park. Apparently the word is used by gang lookouts to warn drug sellers that the police are in the vicinity.
The girls denied that they knew the meaning of the word and were just having fun. Article R623-2 of the penal code makes disturbing the peace by shouting subject to a fine of 68 euros. The policemen said they had been subjected to insults, but the girls will not have to pay as they are too young to be subject to the law.
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