Minor, aged 17 and without a license and under the influence of drugs.
When the men of the Senlis company stopped a vehicle, during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday, at 3 a.m., in Crépy-en-Valois, the gendarmes must already be telling themselves that they were dealing with a good customer.
However, they are not at the end of their surprise.
Alongside the driver, two other minors, aged 16 and 17.
At the rear of the vehicle, several Citroën C3 vehicle accessories: seat belt retractor and buckle, dashboard part and even a rear seat bench.
Still in police custody this Wednesday evening, they should be brought this Thursday before the Bobigny public prosecutor's office (Seine-Saint-Denis), in the department where they reside, as required by law for minors.
“No doubt little hands”
During their nocturnal journey in the Oise, the apprentice delinquents with their already well-stocked records “visited” several C3s.
“Two were found this Wednesday,” says an officer, who is surprised at the target of the young thieves.
These are not the kind of cars usually victims of this type of theft.
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The three young people all have the same profile, school dropouts, unemployed and well known to the law.
“The investigation will have to confirm it but we seem to be people who work for a sector,” continues the gendarme.
It's work to order, undoubtedly small hands who operate for a larger network.
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Already at the beginning of the month, the Val-d'Oise gendarmes had arrested a team of seven people specializing in the back seats of Citroën C3 and Renault Clio.