It is a scene worthy of an action film which took place Monday June 8 in the small town of Ferney-Voltaire (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) a few kilometers from the Swiss border and which reports the Dauphiné Libéré .
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It is 5:30 am when four criminals intercept the accountant of Leclerc de Ferney-Voltaire at the exit of his home. The latter lead her to the Hypermarket where they violently neutralize the two guards present on the spot with the sticks of Kalashnikov's butt.
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Under threat, the accountant led the four robbers to the safe that she was forced to open to them. If we do not yet know the amount of loot pocketed by the perpetrators, the Dauphiné Libéré reports that the four men left in a black Audi, leaving the employee "in shock".
A “meticulously prepared” coup
Immediately dispatched to the scene, police and firefighters made the first observations. “It is not the first time that a supermarket has been robbed in the Pays de Gex. They don't go after the banks anymore. It is easier in supermarkets where there is still a lot of liquid ”, reacted the mayor of Ferney, Daniel Raphoz, questioned by our colleagues from Dauphiné . Especially since the geographical location of the Pays de Gex attracts a large Swiss clientele which often pays in cash. "What is certain is that the coup had been meticulously prepared" further explains the mayor of Ferney to the Dauphiné .
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The public prosecutor of Bourg-en-Bresse Christophe Rode opened an investigation for "theft with a weapon " and "kidnapping " for its part reports France 3 Regions. The investigation was entrusted to the research section of the Lyon gendarmerie.
This is the third robbery in the Pays de Gex in just two months. In February a jewelry store paid the price of criminals while a Netto store was robbed in March.
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