They pretended to be police officers and took advantage of this to rob elderly people throughout the West of France. Five people, three men and two women, were arrested on June 29 in the Nantes region, Le Mans and in the Paris region, we learned Saturday from the prosecution of Rennes. The network has been operating since the summer of 2019, mainly in Brittany, Lower Normandy and the Pays-de-la-Loire. During this period, they were charged with 71 incidents of false quality theft, twelve aggravated thefts from businesses and eleven vehicle thefts.
A preliminary investigation had been opened at the beginning of the year to try to identify the group of individuals, "geographically mobile, with ties in the Nantes region and in Le Mans, with family ties between them and using this operating mode. ", Underlined in a press release Philippe Astruc, public prosecutor of Rennes.
Two people placed in pre-trial detention
During the searches, around 80,000 euros in cash, as well as caravans and vehicles, were seized. At the end of police custody, four people were charged. The two main perpetrators of the thefts, aged about 50 and already known to the justice system, were placed in pre-trial detention. The other two were placed under judicial supervision.
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