Everything had been rolling for months for this “team” from the Saules district in Orly (Val-de-Marne).
These young people in their twenties swept up scooters or cars in a flash, in particular thanks to an electronic starter box.
The vehicles were stored for a few days in a discreet place to ensure that they were not marked.
Then direction the port of Le Havre (Seine-Maritime) and Mali.
The road was clear until the stupid accident.
A banal check in Paris and now the leader of the gang is arrested on a scooter that will be recognized during another theft of two-wheelers in Montrouge (Hauts-de-Seine).
The investigators of the territorial security of Val-de-Marne, put under pressure by an increase in thefts in this department and the surroundings, cling to them.
And it pays.
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This Tuesday, six men suspected of belonging to this team were placed in police custody for organized gang robberies.
They are almost all known to the police for similar facts.
Specialists.
Two of them were taken from prison to be heard.
According to our information, the police charged them with 58 cases.
The damage would be around 1.3 million euros.
The deferral could take place this Thursday evening.
The stolen cars followed to Le Havre
After the Montrouge affair on December 30, investigators no longer let go of their two suspects.
They get back on the theft of a Yamaha motorcycle in Savigny-le-Temple (Seine-et-Marne) and collect other identities.
They realize that their targets use cars to get to the locations of their packages.
In particular a Clio which will be spotted during a surveillance which tilts the investigation. The vehicle is seen in early March during a strange ballet in the industrial area of Croissy-Beaubourg (Seine-et-Marne). He is there to pick up the drivers of three Rav4s. One of these Toyota has just been stolen from Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne).
Rather than launching the net immediately, the police are betting to wait.
Three days later, the stolen cars are put away in a container heading for the port of Le Havre.
Warned, customs intercept.
This is the fifth time that the same man has chartered a container.
The list of stolen vehicles is growing.
A little later, one of the team members was arrested in Valenton (Val-de-Marne) driving a stolen Rav4.
Enough to trigger the arrests on Tuesday.
A jammer, car keys and cash during searches
During the searches, in addition to the starter box, the police got their hands on a large sum of money but also a jammer, several car keys and vehicle transfer papers.
How long has this team been rife?
Have the suspects confessed?
Contacted, the territorial security did not wish to speak.
Vehicle theft in Ile-de-France.
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In Ile-de-France, the most affected region in France, 34,680 vehicle thefts were recorded in 2020 against 39,836 in 2019. For motorized two-wheelers, 36 are stolen every day, for a total of 13,257 last year. (compared to 16,104 in 2019).
In Paris alone, 13 motorcycles or scooters disappear every day.
