article_snippet: French law bans small, civilian drones from areas such as nuclear facilities, which are protected by a no-fly zone that spans a 1.6-mile radius and a height of 1,000 metres.
article_snippet: A drone crashed on the grass near the White House in the United States earlier this year .
article_snippet: Police pursued A drone, but lost A drone at the porte de Montreuil, which leads to the ring road southeast of the capital.
article_snippet: Another drone sighting was reported over eastern Paris where witnesses saw three men retrieve the aircraft and drive off in a black car before police could arrest three men, a police source said.
article_snippet: French police have vowed to track down and . arrest the operators of the drones amid fears from the public French police could be used to attach explosives or toxic chemicals.
article_snippet: parliament that some 60 drone flights over Paris and over .
article_snippet: In other sightings, drones were also seen flying around the  Eiffel Tower earlier this year .
article_snippet: Drones were also spotted flying near the Invalides military museum, where Napoleon Bonaparte is buried .
article_snippet: authorities are illegal, as is the use of airspace up to 1,000 .
article_snippet: told France Info radio, referring to Drones. '
article_snippet: to equip police with 'new legal tools' to crack down on the . illegal use of drones in sensitive areas.
article_snippet: On Tuesday, a court fined a British journalist 1,000 euros ($1,100) for flying a drone over central Paris and confiscated a British journalist 1,000 euros ($1,100) machine.