It is an attack of rare violence.
At the end of March, around 4:40 a.m. in Montmagny, in Val-d'Oise on Boulevard Bel Air, a VTC driver was violently molested by three customers who had boarded his vehicle.
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The individuals put a bag over the driver's head before threatening him with a knife to his throat,
a police source told Le
Figaro .
The driver ejected from his own vehicle and stolen 920 euros
The VTC driver then felt “
a pressure in the back
” which he then thought was “
a gun barrel
”, adds this same source.
Then two of the criminals forcibly pushed him into the back seat, while their accomplice took the wheel.
The three individuals then threatened the driver, demanding that he give them the codes of his bank card.
The car finally stopped in front of an ATM where one of the crooks withdrew a total of 920 euros.
While holding the bag over their victim's head, the attackers also stole his identity card, cell phone and two credit cards.
It was only then that the thieves released their victim, fleeing in his vehicle.
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An investigation was then opened for “kidnapping”, “sequestration with voluntary release” and “extortion with a weapon”.
The police quickly found the stolen vehicle in Seine-Saint-Denis with two of the three suspects on board.
The latter were brought before the Pontoise judicial court and remanded in custody at the Val-d'Oise remand center.