Seine-et-Marne: three men arrested after the attack on a cash machine with a grinder

Three men were arrested on Sunday January 1 in Tournan-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne), while attacking a banknote distributor with a cutter,

learned from the Melun prosecutor's office, confirming information from Actu17.

Around 9 p.m., the team of thugs managed to infiltrate a shopping mall in the town when it was closed.

Dispatched to the scene, the gendarmes of Tournan-en-Brie came face to face with the thieves, who were trying to cut the distributor with a grinder.

They arrested them and took them into custody.

According to information from Actu17, the suspects are from South America;

one is Chilean, another is Cuban and the last one is Venezuelan.

They had planned to attack other distributors in Seine-et-Marne and Essonne.

The Melun prosecutor's office told

that the three defendants had been presented before the criminal court for an immediate appearance hearing for the counts of "

" and "

".

The hearing having been adjourned, they were remanded in custody pending their trial scheduled for February 9.