A network of GPS thieves on boats sailing in the Channel, the Atlantic and the Mediterranean has been dismantled, announced Friday evening April 8 the public prosecutor of Rennes, Philippe Astruc.
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Two men were arrested on Sunday April 3 in a hotel in Valette-du-Var (Var), the magistrate said in a press release.
Staying in France for a few days, the latter operated, according to the survey, “
via night raids throughout the national territory (Channel, Atlantic coast, etc.)
.
After a first series of thefts at the beginning of January in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée, the investigation had been entrusted to the Jirs (Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction, specially responsible for the fight against organized crime and financial delinquency) which opened an investigation "
of heads of organized gang robbery and association of criminals
, ”according to the press release from the prosecution.
"15 GPS and on-board computers"
At the end of March, “
the technical investigations made it possible to impute several new facts
” to the men arrested “
in the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var.
Four parcels were intercepted before their departure for Romania in an export agency in Marseille.
Inside, 15 GPS and on-board computers from the various thefts committed since their return to France were discovered
”, in the words of Philippe Astruc.
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Having heard the facts, the two men in question "
recognized the thefts and confirmed that they were sending the stolen goods to relatives in Romania, which they then recovered in order to resell them via specialized sites
".
“
For the time being, 108 victims have been identified for damage of around 300,000 euros
”, according to the press release from the prosecutor.
The two defendants are “
summoned before the criminal court of Rennes on May 23 and 24 to respond to the facts of thefts in meetings with damage
”.
