Rural areas are facing an increase in burglaries in rural areas (around 15% more in one year).
In Champenoux, a village of 1,700 inhabitants in Meurthe-et-Moselle, around ten traders and artisans have just been targeted in just three months.
A TF1 team went to the site.
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It only took three kicks for the front door of a bakery located in Champenoux (Meurthe-et-Moselle) to give way. In 22 seconds, these robbers stole the cash register with 1,300 euros inside. The camera films the entire scene. And as we can see in the subject at the top of the article, nothing is left to chance. This is indeed an ultra-established operating procedure.
The thieves even manage to deactivate the alarm, as baker Florian Launay explains in the subject above. “We arrive in the morning and we see the police who are on the scene. The employees are no longer very safe. So, I am going to strengthen security. We will say that it has had a blow to morale and it also puts a strain on hit to the company's finances.”
Gloves, hoods and spray to erase fingerprints
The burglars didn't choose a dark alley. They operated in the heart of the village, on the main road, without anyone noticing. “They managed to deactivate my alarm and then they came,” continues the baker. “They had gloves, hoods and spray to erase the prints. There were two who searched, the third put spray everywhere to erase as many prints as possible, so as not to leave traces.”
The criminals don't stop there. Aboard a vehicle stolen from Paris, they crisscrossed the main road of this village and robbed seven other construction vans. Among them, Sébastien Noel, a craftsman business manager who, in two months, saw his utility vehicle broken into twice. Total damage: 18,000 euros. “We are going to equip the trucks with alarms”, he said. “At least if it makes noise, I don't think they'll stay. I don't see what else we can do.”
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In this town of 1,700 inhabitants, crossed by a departmental road, the mayor of the town deplores an increase in burglaries over the past three months: “We are installing cameras at the entrances and exits of the village which will allow car plates to be read 24 hours a day”details Serge Feder, the councilor of Champenoux. A way to deter thieves, who are increasingly numerous in rural areas, where the number of commercial burglaries has increased by 15%.
