Up to 100 people who took part in an illegal orgy in France have been slapped with fines after the event was broken up by police.
Officers raided the warehouse in Collegien, a suburb of Paris, on Friday night following reports of men and women meeting for the so-called 'libertine' party which breached Covid-19 regulations.
Three people, believed to be the organisers, were arrested following the event.
The orgy infringed the current 6pm to 6am curfew across France aimed at curtailing the spread of Covid-19.
"The event was in breach of the curfew, and there were also problems with masks and social distancing," said an investigating source.
"Those involved in the libertine party cooperated with the police, and there was no resistance to the police."
The 9pm raid happened as French President Emmanuel Macron contemplates plunging the country into a third lockdown amid 20,000 new coronavirus cases a day.
Besides the non-compliance fines, local magistrates sitting in an emergency session also granted permission for sound and light equipment to be confiscated, along with alcohol.
It was also recommended that all the attendees were provided with basic sex education as it relates to the spread of viruses.
Orgies between consenting adults are legal in France, but the chance of contracting Covid-19 from an infected person during sex is almost guaranteed.
Coronavirus is transmitted through respiratory droplets, so kissing someone infected with it is a massive risk.
Warehouse orgies generally involved people swapping partners, or turning up alone to find new ones, so the dangers are multiplied.
