This is a big first.
In Reims, thugs managed to steal 150,000 euros from an ATM using a mini drone, a police source told
Le Figaro,
confirming information from the
JDD
.
Four individuals were arrested and remanded in custody pending trial.
A "
telescopic pole equipped with a mirror
"
Last May, the investigators of the territorial direction of the judicial police (DTPJ) of Reims, in the Marne, are charged by the parquet floor to investigate the burglary of a branch of the Savings bank.
No less than 150,000 euros were stolen from a safe which is used by the conveyors to transport the money between two distributors.
No trace of break-in was found, which suggests the complicity of a bank employee or a cash carrier.
After analyzing the CCTV cameras, the investigators discovered that a mini-drone, remotely controlled, enabled the button to be pressed to open the door of the technical room.
“
Several strangers then entered this room and managed to open this relay safe by dialing a secret code, known only to the cash couriers responsible for supplying the distributors
”, explained a source familiar with the matter to the
JDD.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the individuals behind the burglary were helped by a “
telescopic pole equipped with a mirror
”.
The entire burglary took place in less than ten minutes.
Human fault
Four individuals have since been arrested, charged and remanded in custody.
Among them, one is a former "
dabiste
", that is to say an employee in charge of the maintenance of vending machines.
It is this complicity that allowed the defendants to act without being worried.
“
Their success was based on a human fault and on the not regular enough frequency of modification of the secret codes of the relay safes in the money distributors
”, underlines a source close to the investigation to our colleagues.
The use of the drone is already used in the middle of delinquency.
It happens in particular that telephones and accessories, cannabis or alcohol are delivered to prison by drone.
But according to a senior official also interviewed by the
JDD
, this new flight technique is unprecedented in France: “
The use of a mini-drone for such money is totally unprecedented.
»
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