Three people are detained after authorities find them with at least one drone near a French nuclear plant, officials say, reports Radio Australia.
Three people have been detained after authorities found them with at least one drone near a French nuclear plant, officials say.
A number of unauthorised flights over such sites have raised concerns in recent weeks.
The three people, believed to be aged in their 20s, were detained near a nuclear plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, some 150 kilometres south of Paris.
They were said to be in possession of at least one drone, although it had not flown over the plant.
Prosecutor Marie-Pierre Viret said the three were held for questioning over "voluntary overflight ... of an aircraft in a prohibited area".
French law bans small, civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities, which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 2.5-kilometre radius and a height of 1,000 metres.
French authorities have been left scratching their heads as unidentified drones have been flying over nuclear plants across the country.