This Monday, May 1, four men from the Paris region who were planning a robbery were arrested in Gaillard, Haute-Savoie, Le Figaro
learned
from the Thonon-les-Bains prosecutor's office.
According to information from Le
Parisien
, the identity of one of the criminals is none other than that of the man who had tried, in 2021, to steal the necklace of Queen Nazli of Egypt.
The jewel had been exhibited in Paris in 2021.
A criminal project with an “imminent” act
The four individuals were placed in police custody – still in progress this Tuesday, May 2 – as part of an open investigation for “criminal association formed with a view to committing a crime as an organized gang”, specifies the Thonon prosecution. -the baths.
The investigations were entrusted to the crime prevention brigade (BRB) of the judicial police of Versailles, which is working on this file hand in hand with the judicial police of Lyon and Annecy.
The parquet floor of Versailles, initially competent, withdrew this Monday, May 1 in favor of the parquet floor of Thonon-les-Bains.
According to the first elements of the investigation, the detainees were preparing to carry out an armed robbery on Swiss territory.
Action was imminent.
The ongoing investigations "
aim to clarify the nature and contours of this criminal project as well as the degree of involvement of the defendants
", indicated to
Figaro
the public prosecutor of Thonon-les-Bains Bruno Badré.
The leader of the gang already sentenced for "criminal association"
Contacted by
Le Figaro
, the Versailles prosecutor's office noted that "
this man's projects were clearly linked to an act of armed robbery
" and that "
there was money at stake
".
"
We didn't know where, when or how he was going to do it, but we knew it was probably a bank robbery or a currency exchange office
," added the Versailles prosecutor's office.
The profile of the main suspect is in one word: he is a “
professional
”, assures us the prosecutor of the Republic of Versailles Maryvonne Caillibotte.
With a specialty: robberies.
And for good reason: according to
Le Parisien
, the man has already been convicted seven times and implicated thirteen times for bank robberies but also jewelry stores.
In 2022, he was notably sentenced for having tried to steal the precious jewel of the Queen of Egypt, adds Maryvonne Caillibotte, specifying that he had then been sentenced to eight years in prison for “criminal association”.
