A few months ago, the portion of Meuse between Namur and Andenne was surveyed. “Six interesting spots were spotted”, Accounting Emmanuel Lispet, the assistant chief of the federal police navigable police. “These are vehicles that could finally interest us. There are not really reasons that they finish in the river without being alerted. The Meuse is not a parking area …”
Insurance fraud? Flight ? Robbery?
The first attempt, more downstream, was unsuccessful.“The mass to be raised was located eleven meters deep. This implies a heavier and longer operation to reassemble it”, Do we signal on the side of the SPW. “And during the first check (by diver),We don’t really detect metal. And at this depth, this obstacle is not a problem for navigation. “ We therefore abandon.
The second test is carried out. The divers hang on the wreckage chains which vegetate in the mosan bottoms. It will be raised very quickly by the crane of the convenience store. “If there is a plate, we confront it with our database, we check if the vehicle is not reported”, Details the divisional Jean-Michel Tubetti, the boss of the Arches zone. “We also look at the chassis number. And then, we carry out a systematic excavation of the interior of the vehicle.”
The half-dozen cars that will be drafted today could allow investigators to ferrrate large or small fish. “We were able to get rid of it in the context of insurance fraud”, Comments Commissioner Emmanuel LISPET. “The vehicle may have been stolen? He was able to serve to commit a robbery? It contains documents or clues that can bring us back to its owner …” Fishing will last all day. No one can yet say if, on the judicial level, it will be miraculous.
