18-year-old Tunisian referred to the Nantes public prosecutor's office on Friday. He is accused of having stolen a BMW and some personal effects during a break-in from a house in the town.
He was arrested when he returned to the scene an hour later. A bag containing the keys - as well as an identity card and a bank card - allowed the thieves to start the car and then drive off with it. It was a “home-jacking”, in police jargon, that is to say a break in in the presence of residents.