The facts had already aroused indignation a few days earlier: on the night of December 24 to 25, two men were arrested in flagrante delicto after breaking the door of a pharmacy in Ivry-sur-Seine (Val-de-France). -Marne) with a pickaxe and screwdriver. Caught in the act by members of the anti-crime brigade (BAC), they were placed in police custody before being released due to lack of places in a detention center, with the only sanction being a ban on appearing in the town. A decision which shocked the pharmacist victim of the burglary and fueled criticism against justice considered too lenient.
But the story doesn't end there. This Thursday, the same individuals were arrested again, this time during a caravan theft in Thiais, in Val-de-Marne. An intervention which led to a turnaround in the legal situation, the JDD learned from consistent sources. Given their arrest, the two defendants will be referred and will appear this Friday, January 3 according to the immediate appearance procedure to be judged for all the facts.
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Repeat offenders subject to an OQTF
The two burglars, of Algerian origin, are without papers or a fixed address and are already known to the police for similar acts. Both are also subject to an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF), which has so far remained a dead letter. Their modus operandi, which allowed money to be stolen from the cash register and medicines from the Ivry pharmacy, betrays a well-established organization, according to police sources.
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Their previous release had sparked an outcry. A release denounced by the pharmacist on CNews. The Alliance union had also expressed its exasperation in the face of justice which, according to it, “disavows the work of law enforcement”. The decision to judge them without delay appears as a response to this wave of criticism and is part of the policy of firmness advocated by the new Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin.
