It is not an urban legend since it really exists.
Yet even the police officers who have never chased him away refer to him as a “hell of a client”.
The undisputed record holder for "refusals to comply".
The guy who always manages to take the powder loose with blows of forbidden directions or lightning accelerations on his two-wheeler.
But in the world of delinquency, legends never survive the test of time.
Last week, Sofiane "the elusive" as well as his 27-year-old companion were indicted by a Paris investigating judge "of heads of criminal associations, thefts in meetings, possession of category weapons. A or concealment of theft ”, specifies a judicial source.
As the prosecution had requested, the daredevil pilot of 32 years was imprisoned in the prison of Meaux (Seine-et-Marne).
The young woman was placed under judicial supervision.
"Him and his brothers, everyone knows them"
According to our information, "the elusive" is being prosecuted for the theft of about twenty motorcycles in public parking lots, especially in the capital.
During the search, investigators allegedly got their hands on a Kalashnikov.
"We knew he was now in the theft of bikes," slips a policeman.
But he wasn't always in there.
"
A few years ago, Sofiane was suspected of being one of the bosses of the dealership in Pavé-Grignon, the popular district of Thiais where he grew up.
“Everyone knows him and his brothers,” sighs the same source.
The rating of "the elusive" continues to climb until his arrest by the judicial police of Val-de-Marne in 2018 for a drug case.
Since then, dead calm.
At least for drugs.
"He changed industry," analyzes an investigator.
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Regularly, in Thiais or Choisy-le-Roi, crews try to control it while it spins on its TMax. With each time the same reaction. "He runs off," grimaces an official from the Anti-Crime Squad. I don't even know if he has anything to be ashamed of. But he chose never to comply. Once, we tried to do it on the bridge of Choisy, between the Gondoles and the station. Frankly, the chase lasted a few seconds. We were able to hunt him 50 meters before he disappeared. "
Same spite for this other policeman.
“I had to pursue him five times,” he lists.
With the same result every time.
»Why not call him at home in this case?
"For a simple refusal to comply?
It is authorized by the code of criminal procedure.
But in fact, the judicial police officer, who has other business to manage, will be too cautious to give his consent.
The facts have to be serious and we have to be sure that the guy is at home.
"
"Car against two-wheelers, we have little chance"
Anyway, difficult to distinguish between reality and urban legend. “At one point, it was enough for a guy in Tmax with a black helmet and a black jumpsuit to sow us so that we could say that it was him. The other day, we saw him with other pilots. I don't know if it was a return flight convoy. But car versus two-wheeler, we have little chance. On the other hand, if there are fellow bikers, this is different. "
“We never chased him away,” says a police motorcyclist from Val-de-Marne. Sow us? I'm not saying it never happens, but it's rare. And to challenge? “First, the command room must give its consent, which is far from always being the case. If it's okay, we don't let go of the guy until he makes a mistake. A Tmax tops out at 180. We are 250. ”A few weeks ago, a police biker was however slightly injured during a chase from Hauts-de-Seine, passing through the Val-de-Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and which ended near… Arras (Pas-de-Calais).
