Le Figaro Nice
A pharmacist from the village of Peymeinade, near Grasse (Alpes-Maritimes), managed to trap one of the two repeat thieves from his pharmacy last Friday,
Le Figaro
learned , confirming information from the regional daily
Nice-Matin
.
On two occasions, he had beauty products displayed on his shelves stolen.
The manager estimated the damage at nearly 2,000 euros, with each cosmetic cream costing between 60 and 80 euros.
It is these rather luxurious products that the two individuals were targeting.
Realizing that boxes were missing, the pharmacist scrupulously observed the video surveillance images and noticed that the thugs, in less than a minute, had managed to discreetly steal numerous products in turn. by slipping them into a bag.
Not to get a makeover, but to then resell them online or abroad.
Similar thefts had also been reported in other pharmacies on the Côte d'Azur, in Antibes and Roquefort-les-Pins.
They could be the same individuals, a police source tells us.
Faced with this phenomenon, the manager of the “Candeou” pharmacy decided to dispose of the empty boxes.
To obtain the creams, you had to ask for them directly at the checkout.
The same thieves tried their luck again last Friday, but this time they were caught in the act.
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“This pharmacy is my life”
Finding no product inside the boxes, the thief wasted time looking for the object of his desire, which allowed the pharmacist to intervene.
The latter subsequently notified the gendarmes, who were thus able to arrest the suspect of Georgian nationality.
The latter was placed in police custody and will soon be tried at the Grasse court.
His sidekick managed to escape.
“This pharmacy is my life, I have twelve employees, they are like my children
,” explained the manager, at the head of this village pharmacy in the Grasse hinterland for 14 years.
I couldn't stand being robbed, I didn't want them to come back
,” he explained to Le
Figaro
, acknowledging that the gendarmes described his gesture
as “heroic”
.
Between the professionals, a word of vigilance had passed.
The owner of the pharmacy filed a complaint and the investigation, entrusted to the Peymeinade brigade, continues to try to find the second protagonist.
However, the boxes of these beauty products will remain empty in the future to prevent this type of theft from happening again.