Batons, handcuffs… A municipal police stock stolen in Paris

A stock of the municipal police was stolen in Paris (Illustration).

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What will the booty be used for?

Sunday morning, a Parisian municipal agent discovered that a stock intended to equip the future municipal police had been stolen in the 15th arrondissement of the capital, learned

from a source close to the investigation, confirming information from the

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Bullet-proof vests, batons, tear gas canisters, handcuffs but also service outfits were stolen, according to a first inventory.

This highly targeted theft - no personal or hi-tech item was stolen - took place in the locker rooms of the agents of the Prevention Department, rue de Vaugirard.

According to the first elements of the investigation, no trace of break-in was observed, but access to this room is via a badge.

Did the thief (s) benefit from internal complicity?

The trail is seriously considered by investigators.

There remains one question, and not the least: what will the stolen material be used for?

To be resold on the black market?

To commit thefts of false quality while posing as a municipal police officer?

The terrorist context - the theft was committed three days after the chopper attack near the former premises of Charlie Hebdo - also worries investigators.

The investigations are entrusted to the 15th arrondissement police station.

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