Two individuals are accused of having stolen the car of a grocer from Châlette-sur-Loing (Loiret) who came to give them a hand after they had broken down.
The suspects had made purchases in the store of their future victim, whom they knew, this Friday evening.
They had encountered mechanical problems shortly after, in Montargis (Loiret) and then called the shopkeeper to the rescue, says
La République du Center
.
After his day's work, the grocer had taken his own vehicle and had gone there, where he had been threatened with a pistol by his two comrades, from Seine-et-Marne.
The men then seized the trader's car.
The latter's safe was to contain the recipe for the day, amounting to several thousand euros.
The robbers, however, were unaware of this detail.
A quick arrest
The two men, aged 37 and 52, were arrested in Fontainebleau (Seine-et-Marne) a few hours after the theft and placed in police custody.
They will have to answer for facts of "extortion with violence", indicates
Ouest-France
.
They were apprehended thanks to the description of the stolen car.
The grocer's money and a blank loaded firearm were found in their possession.
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