Paris France: Tourist from Israel arrested for flying drone over numerous attractions

Posted on October 10, 2014 • Filed under: Europe, France, Tourist Arrested

alarabiya.net AFP reported an Israeli tourist who was arrested in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral while flying a drone above some of Paris’s main attractions, was slapped with a 400-euro ($500) fine on Thursday, after spending the night in jail. The 24-year-old tourist had launched the drone, equipped with a Go-Pro camera, above the famous Gothic church on Wednesday morning, and sent it hovering over the historic Hotel Dieu hospital and a police station, a police source told AFP. Read Article

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