Six people were arrested after the attack in November on the customs office in Pointe-à-Pitre, the public prosecutor of this city of Guadeloupe said on Monday (December 13th), specifying that several of them had been presented. from Monday to an examining magistrate
.
"Six people were taken into custody"
including
"four
(who)
were presented on Monday with a view to an indictment for aggravated theft"
, explained Patrick Desjardins, public prosecutor of Pointe-à- Clown.
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During this assault on November 19, several weapons were stolen.
"Requests for detention were taken"
against four men arrested Thursday,
"including a minor"
, continued Patrick Desjardins.
According to him, the two youngest were not known to the police, but the other two - aged 47 and 27 - are
"seasoned delinquents whose profile makes us think almost certainly that their intention was very precise and very clear: it was a question of attacking this customs office ”
.
They are charged with theft aggravated by three circumstances - action in assembly, break and enter and degradation - as well as possession and acquisition of weapons in assembly.
Two men, 20 and 23, were arrested on Sunday and were still in custody on Monday evening.
They
"also have the profile of experienced delinquents"
, noted the prosecutor.
He said DNA fingerprints identified the suspects.
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At this point, a single weapon was found in a man who explained that he bought it for 2,700 euros via WhatsApp messaging.
He was sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Pointe-à-Pitre correctional court.