In Bordeaux, they stole cell phones in postal packages

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They had been suspected for some time.

Two 26-year-old temporary workers, working at the postal sorting center in Bègles, near Bordeaux, have just been arrested for a series of thefts in packages, revealed this Sunday

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Contacted by

, the public prosecutor of Bordeaux Frederique Porterie, specifies that the individuals were placed under surveillance, and that one of them was seen rummaging in packages, last Friday, and arrested on square.

In police custody, “he admitted that he had been doing this for several weeks, with another interim company.

The latter was also arrested at his home on Saturday.

About thirty phones found

Searches, in their cars and in their homes, made it possible to find "about fifteen telephones in each of them, even if certainly others have since passed".

According to

, it was mainly iPhone 11, with an average value of 800 euros.

Unknown to the police, they were summoned for an appearance on prior admission of guilt (CRPC) on January 25.

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