Two individuals stole 2,300 euros and a gold watch from an elderly woman living in Garches (Hauts-de-Seine) on Tuesday afternoon.

The total amount of the loot is estimated at more than 5,000 euros.

A man pretending to be a plumber and then another dressed as a police officer successively presented themselves to the Garchoise apartment, told a police source to the

Parisian

.

The first explained to him that he had to turn off the water in order to be able to do an intervention.

Asking for access to the kitchen, he grabbed some jewelry in the process and left without really shutting off the water supply.

The false policeman, accomplice of the first burglar, arrived just after.

He showed the octogenarian the stolen jewelry and told her that she had just been the victim of a thief.

Checks and imaginary impressions

He then wished to access his victim's safe, claiming the need to check that no precious object found there had disappeared.

The man in the uniform also claimed that he had to take fingerprints.

After she left, the elderly woman discovered that part of her savings in cash and a watch had been stolen by the scammer.

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