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The Izards district, in Toulouse, was awakened this Monday, December 23 by an explosion. Individuals attacked the post office distributor.
Individuals may have found a way to enhance their end-of-year celebrations. Around 6:30 a.m. this Monday, December 23, they had to break through the back door of the post office on Place Micoulaud, north of Toulouse. “I arrived around 7 a.m. to open the store. There were the firefighters,” says a local merchant who was surprised by this “coup”. Police quickly secured the perimeter.
At the end of this morning, in a freezing wind, the forensic identity specialists are multiplying the photos. Their colleagues on duty try to question the witnesses.
The thugs quickly fled
According to our information, the criminals blew up the access door to the bank ATM. They would have taken several tens of thousands of euros. More than 400,000 euros according to unconfirmed sources.
Witnesses told police that the thugs quickly fled with their loot in two vehicles. Video surveillance images should quickly confirm this.
Points de deal
“There are still thugs who are thinking,” smiles a resident of this neighborhood known for dealers who have become much more discreet since the arrest of several “personalities” in drug trafficking.
The prosecution has of course opened an investigation entrusted to the management of the organized crime division, the former judicial police.
These police officers continue their work on site.
The post office is closed “until further notice” indicates a quickly written note.
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