The operation did not go unnoticed. According to information from Paris Match, nine people suspected of belonging to a gang of high-end car thieves were arrested this Tuesday, November 26, in Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis). The nine suspects – four minors, aged 16 and 17, and five adults aged 20 to 27 – were surprised getting out of bed by several dozen police officers, who came to support their colleagues from the investigation brigade. initiative (BEI) of the Blanc-Mesnil police station.
The suspects were taken into custody as part of an investigation into organized theft. Information confirmed by the Bobigny prosecutor's office to Paris Match. This Thursday, the hearings of the nine alleged members of this gang were extended.
A similar operating model
Still according to information from Paris Match, investigations began in March 2023 after the report of the theft of a Toyota SUV, RAV4 model. The complaints then accumulated between the months of July 2023 and last May. “We recorded, during this investigation, the theft of thirty SUVs of different makes and models, using a similar operating method,” confides a source close to the case. Nine young suspects were targeted. They are all domiciled or originally from Blanc-Mesnil. One of them was arrested in the town of Combrit Sainte-Marine in Finistère in Brittany and another was taken from his cell…
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