cash couriers lose their precious cargo at the toll booth… without realizing it

Of the silver ballsparticularly used for making jewelry, spread on the road and part of the valuable merchandise who remains untraceable? A investigation for theft was opened by the highway police, we learned from the Melun public prosecutor's office (Seine-et-Marne), confirming information aboutNews17.

Brink's truck loses a pallet at the Éprunes toll booth

The events occurred this Tuesday, January 15, 2025, near the Éprunes tollbooth, in Montereau-sur-le-Jard. According to our information, the truck showed up at this barrier of the A5 motorwayby taking the Télépéage line at 30 km/h. According to the first elements, during the re-acceleration, a pallet on which bags of the famous silver balls were stored would have slipped and struck the rear door of the truck.

The contents then spilled onto the roadway, blocking another arriving heavy goods vehicle. However, it seems that the conveyors did not immediately notice the loss. However, they did U-turn to an area a few kilometers away, to return to the scene, after discovering the loss of the load. When they arrived, the highway company had already started securing the scene.

“Most of the bags have been recovered, but it appears that the total weight found does not correspond to the quantity they were carrying,” says Jean-Michel Bourlèsthe public prosecutor of Melun, to The Republic of Seine-et-Marne, specifying that they do not currently have an estimate of the damage… Would a motorway user have had time to help themselves?

“All avenues are considered as part of the investigations, entrusted to the CRS motorway,” continues the magistrate. In March 2023, this scenario had already occurred in Pontault-Combault. After a truck lost its cargo, motorists helped themselves to the roadway. These were packs of soda… a commodity that is still less expensive than silver balls!

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