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