Head of the gendarmerie Loic Baras said a spike and increase in the amount of incidents this past week resulted in them having to recruit more manpower.
During the same press conference the delinquency report for the year 2008 was also released. The figures show that delinquency fell by 2.3% while the specifics on crimes such as thefts, armed robberies and burglaries decreased by 14%.
The results were gathered by the special team VAMA which was installed in September last year.
Baras said they solved 77 % of the armed robberies and other crimes that occurred in 2007 to 2008.
He said while general break ins to homes and businesses fell. Pre-mediated murders increased. Gendarmes had to deal with five murder investigation during 2008 while four of which was solved.
There was a 37% increase in domestic violence with four incidents involving weapons. While other related violence dropped by 25%.
Investigations into drug trafficking also bore positive results in 2008. Gendarmes seized 27 kilos of cocaine, 10 kilos of cannabis, over 50,000 dollars in cash, and a large number of stolen items say Baras.
