A man, suspected of having looted houses under construction in the Gard, was arrested, placed in police custody and then in pre-trial detention, pending trial, indicate the services of the gendarmerie of the department.
For the past month, a new neighborhood under construction, in a town near Nîmes, has been targeted by numerous thefts, mainly from homes under construction.
At the end of August, portable electrical equipment had disappeared from a house.
On September 9, the faucets, the shower column, a table and an electric balance bike were stolen from two others.
Finally, on September 17, swimming pool equipment was stolen from another house in the neighborhood.
It is the vigilance of a neighbor that will allow the suspect to be identified.
Known to the police and gendarmerie, the man, implicated, is already convicted in Belgium for similar facts, ended up being arrested.
A search carried out at his home made it possible to find the majority of the stolen objects, indicates the gendarmerie.
Justice
Saint-Brieuc: Four brothers sentenced for several thefts and burglaries in the Côtes-d'Armor
Miscellaneous facts
Gard: Burglars allegedly fled by owners
Languedoc-Roussillon
Burglary
House
Miscellaneous facts