The sound of the window exploding in shock and the roar of the thief's car engine had shattered the tranquility of the very chic Louvre and Tuileries district.
The cook of a Kebab was arrested last week at his workplace in Paris (18th century) by investigators from the first judicial police district.
This 23-year-old man is suspected of having, during the night of August 21, attacked with a ram car a store in the 8th arrondissement of the capital before seizing more than 97,000 euros in leather goods.
It is 3:30 am rue Saint-Honoré, when a Renault Clio hits the window of the Valentino store.
The driver reverses and returns to the load several times before getting out of his car.
In a few seconds, he grabs forty-two handbags before fleeing.
The police scrutinize the video surveillance recordings of the city of Paris and ask for the help of their colleagues in the anti-crime squad.
"They managed to identify the criminal who had been checked in the area while he was carrying out scouting," said a source close to the case.
The thief makes a full confession
Ramzi is of Algerian nationality, lives in La Courneuve (Seine-Saint-Denis) and works as a cook in a fast food restaurant on Boulevard Ney in Paris.
The officials arrested him there around 1:45 p.m. in the middle of his shift.
However, the stolen goods could not be found.
In police custody, "he was confronted with the evidence against him before making a full confession," adds our source.
Ramzi was referred on August 30 to the Paris prosecutor's office before being released under judicial supervision with a summons before the criminal court for October 4.
This man, who lives clandestinely in France, was also served with an order to leave French territory by the police headquarters.
