Le Figaro Nantes
Wednesday, November 23, an important security device was deployed in Vendée to find an armed man, on the run.
The scene begins in La Barre-de-Monts, to the west of the department.
At the end of the morning, a 32-year-old man threatens his relatives with a shotgun.
The gendarmes are then called by the entourage of the individual to secure the premises.
When they arrived, he fled.
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"At that time, we believe that the individual is armed with the weapon with which he had threatened his relatives because we cannot find it at his home"
, specifies in
Figaro
Colonel Arnaud Pellabeuf, command of the gendarmerie group. of the Vendée.
An important device was then deployed:
“82 soldiers from all over the department and two helicopters taking turns”
.
The man is located thanks to his telephone:
"we stake him out from afar to avoid the chase"
.
The objective is to surround an area.
A negotiator from the GIGN de Nantes joins them and tries to negotiate by telephone with the fugitive.
In vain.
After about twenty kilometers and a chase that has become inevitable, the wanted individual forces a roadblock set up by the police.
The latter also opened fire three times in the direction of the wheels of the vehicle and punctured the tires.
Finally, the driver went to the parking lot of Leclerc de Challans, around 4:30 p.m., where he was arrested.
An investigation is opened to determine the motivations of the individual.
No injuries are reported.
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