A 39-year-old woman and a 29-year-old man reportedly fled by bus after stealing alcohol from a convenience store in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) on Monday evening.
In the store, the couple seized several bottles before the young man threatened the guard with a knife at the exit.
The two suspects would then have accelerated the pace to the nearby bus stop, says
Le Parisien
.
Witnesses saw them take the 378 bus, however, police said.
Law enforcement also had the description of the couple.
Agents from the Nanterre anti-crime squad finally spotted and arrested the suspects barely an hour after the theft.
An airsoft gun
After a short police custody, the Ile-de-France residents were released.
The man will appear in court for armed robbery next May.
A knife and an airsoft gun were found on him.
However, no legal action has been taken against his partner.
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