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Originally Posted by bitaucul

Indeed, two cops were injured trying to stop burglars last January.
Article in French :
http://www.herault-tribune.com/artic...du-cap-d-agde/

Probably they assume nobody lives there in winter, and that it's full of nice stuff to steal. So the gate being there will work against that (wrong) assumption.
I read in another article those guys got caught later and charged.