Impressive loot for this heist carried out in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Two burglars seized, on Saturday evening, loot estimated at 650,000 euros in an opulent building on Boulevard Suchet.
It is 8:55 p.m. when the son of this business couple goes up to the fourth floor where his parents' apartment is.
Stupor, when he enters the accommodation, he sees a hammer placed on the ground near his parents' bedroom, the door of which has been damaged.
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The young man understands that thieves have entered the house.
He leaves, closes the key and begins to descend the stairs.
"He intended to call his parents," said a source close to the case.
But then he sees two strangers rushing out of the house.
One of them is helmeted and the other, masked, wears a cap on his head.
The latter brandishes a pistol in the direction of the boy to protect their escape.
The security forces quickly arrive on the scene and collect the first statements from the witness.
According to initial findings, the thieves entered with a key.
“They also broke it in the lock when leaving the premises,” adds our source.
They blinded the camera
As soon as they got to the front door of the home, they blinded the camera with paint.
The bandits have taken over 500,000 euros in jewelry and luxury watches.
They also seized 150,000 euros in banknotes which constituted the revenue from the victims' businesses.
A sum that they intended to deposit in the bank in the coming days.
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Investigators from the Paris Banditry Repression Brigade are in charge of this case.
“For the moment, no hypothesis is privileged, underlines a source close to the file.
But given the modus operandi, these two men had prepared their blow well.
The officials noted the traces and clues in the apartment and conducted a neighborhood survey to try to identify the criminals.