A police armband, in Paris, in September 2019. - Tristan Reynaud / SIPA

Telephone interceptions, physical surveillance, geolocation ... Thursday, a multirecidivist robber, on the run for eight months, was arrested in Pierrefitte, in Seine-Saint-Denis by the brigade for the execution of court decisions, learned 20 Minutes from a police source .

The individual, 35 years old and with a heavy judicial past, had been convicted in October 2019 by the Bobigny criminal court for participation in a criminal association, aggravated theft and attempted aggravated theft for repeat offenses for five robberies or attempts committed in Ile-de-France between February and November 2017. Absent at his trial, he has since been the subject of an arrest warrant.

Several months of investigations were necessary for the investigators of the brigade for the execution of court decisions to find his trace. Telephone investigations - interceptions, geolocation - as well as physical surveillance have notably been put in place. He was finally arrested in the early hours of Thursday while he was hiding with his girlfriend.

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