They specialize in stealing GPS from boats.
Two men were arrested on April 3 in a hotel in Valette-du-Var (Var), said the Rennes prosecutor's office in a press release.
Staying in France for a few days, the two suspects operated, according to the investigation, “via night raids throughout the national territory (Channel, Atlantic coast…)”.
After a first series of thefts at the beginning of January in Loire-Atlantique and Vendée, the investigation had been entrusted to the Jirs (Specialized Interregional Jurisdiction, specially responsible for the fight against organized crime and financial delinquency) which opened an investigation "of heads of thefts in an organized gang and association of criminals, ”according to the press release from the prosecution.
Damage of around 300,000 euros
At the end of March, “the technical investigations made it possible to impute several new facts” to the individuals.
“Four packages were intercepted before leaving for Romania in an export agency in Marseille.
Inside, 15 GPS and on-board computers from various thefts committed since their return to France were discovered,” according to Philippe Astruc.
Having heard the facts, the two men in question "recognized the thefts and confirmed that they were sending the stolen goods to relatives in Romania, which they then recovered in order to resell them via specialized sites".
“For the time being, 108 victims have been identified for damage of around 300,000 euros”, according to the press release from the prosecutor.
The two defendants will be summoned before the Rennes Criminal Court on May 23 and 24 to respond to the facts of meeting theft with damage.
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