A jeweler, a reel and, behind her, a lightning gang, armed with hammers, masked, gloved, hooded, efficient ... The robbery of the business was violent.
"It's organized gang, slips a source close to the file.
Professionals.
It's not the Zouave who walks into a jewelry store to steal three watches. "
This Friday, in front of Mondial Or, in the small rue Letellier (15th district), in the quiet district of La Motte-Piquet-Grenelle, only the “police” tape remained, at the foot of the window, to attest to the events that occurred during the Eve.
The business was closed, its iron curtain drawn.
The police officers of the 3rd district of judicial police (DPJ), seized of the investigation by the public prosecutor's office of Paris, following the police station of XVe, leaned on the case.
Thieves are still running.
A first inventory shows a loss of 10,000 euros.
"There were ten of them, it was scary"
The attack took place at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.
A young woman entered the small shop.
She played the customer, asked to be opened a display.
The gang appeared behind.
"I saw them enter like a horde, with bags and hammers, details a local resident, who has a bird's eye view of the trade.
There were ten of them, it was scary.
I was afraid for Laurent, the boss, whom I know.
You couldn't see their faces at all, only that they were young.
It lasted a few seconds.
I was in shock. ”
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In a few minutes, the thieves smashed the windows of the displays, under the beard of the boss and a customer present.
They grabbed gold jewelry and watches - Rolexes and Chaumets - and flew away like a swarm of sparrows, not without stealing the jeweler's phone from the start and hammering the customer.
The resident called the police.
“They came straight away and tried with their cars to block their way on either side, but it was too late.
They were gone. ”
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"We didn't see anything," the manager of Caroll is surprised, yet in the front row, just opposite.
We just saw tons of police cars landing, flashing lights and screaming sirens, as well as firefighters.
There were lots of them parked all over the sidewalks. ”
A similar robbery in December
This Friday, the investigators used testimonies, including that of the client slightly injured in the shoulder, and reports, in particular on the "strong corpulence reel".
They also have images from CCTV cameras and… DNA.
"The thieves, in their flight, lost some effects, notes a policeman, including a gold necklace, a pendant and a hood."
Thursday, they had also tried to geolocate the stolen cellphone of the jeweler.
Last December, a robbery with the same operating mode, by a very young gang preceded by a tout, had taken place in a vintage luxury leather goods store, rue de Lille (VIIe).
The damage amounted to more than 60,000 euros.
It was also "a horde of thieves, a real moment of terror", testified the trader victim.
Five of the perpetrators had been arrested.