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Police can carry out on-the-spot searches

Police in Paris and Ile-de-France have been given authority to search the luggage of travellers on the Métro and public transport in the wake of the St Petersburg terror attack.

Police need no motive for stopping someone and searching their bags during busy per­iods on the transport network.

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