Four men, aged 29 to 33, were indicted Tuesday in Lille for a series of violent burglaries and thefts with weapons in the North and Aisne, according to a press release from the judicial police published on Wednesday, November 25.
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From an attempted theft of a bank branch in Haubourdin, in the Lille metropolis, in April, investigators from the interregional directorate of the Lille judicial police went back to them and followed them until their arraignment Friday.
The four suspects would be involved "
in a series of violent thefts at home (of the home-jacking type), break-ins and vehicle thefts in several departments of Hauts-de-France
", specifies the PJ.
According to a police source, the four suspects, "
very active
", targeted wealthy people, sometimes elderly, in middle-class neighborhoods, entered their homes in the middle of the night and threatened them to leave with loot of several tens of thousands of dollars. euros.
"
The psychological consequences for the victims are significant,
" said the same source.
The four suspects were indicted for theft with violence, theft with an organized gang weapon and criminal association.
Three were remanded in custody, the fourth under judicial supervision.
