Originally Posted by
bodory
While I am 100% confident in your saying, I am quite surprised that such a control did happen without any wave. To do so the Police would have indeed needed a warrant from the Paris prosecutor and the thing would certainly have been public like the custodies of some Über Pop drivers.
Interesting anyway.
Of course they can stop anyone if they want to. My son was stopped in metro while coming home from school. He was with a friend, he had his hoodie on (it was a cold windy day), and the police (they were IN the same metro cab) asked my son and his friend to get out and frisked them. Just because they had their hoodies on. That was around 8 years ago. When my son was in terminal.
So, yes they ca stop AND they can fine you if you don't have 2 euros on you in cash. Yes, this is a law.