Two men broke into an apartment on Avenue du President Wilson, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, on the night of Thursday July 8 to Friday July 9, where they stole more than 500,000 euros worth of jewelry, he said. we learned this Thursday from a police source, confirming information from the
Parisian
.
One of the two burglars was arrested, the other is still on the run.
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Several days before the theft, one of the two accused had gone to this building in the very chic Parisian district to do some scouting. During the night from Thursday to Friday, provided with a postal access pass, he again entered the interior courtyard of the building, accompanied by an accomplice. The two men then climbed the facade to the apartment, located on the 1st floor. Once inside, they stole jewelry estimated to be worth more than half a million euros. It was on leaving the premises that one of the two burglars was neutralized by building security agents, before his arrest by Bac Nuit police officers. The other implicated has managed to escape.
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Immediately placed in police custody in the premises of the brigade for the repression of banditry (BRB), the person, already known to the police for similar facts, did not seek to deny the facts.
As part of a judicial investigation opened on July 11, the latter was indicted the same day on the count of "theft by breaking and entering and meeting".
He was remanded in custody by the judge of freedoms and detention.
Information confirmed in
Figaro
by the Paris prosecutor's office.
Investigations are continuing to find the second respondent.
