They are suspected of having committed a flash theft worth 3 million euros on the A1 motorway.
Two brothers were arrested on Monday in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis), AFP learned on Wednesday from a source close to the case and from the Bobigny prosecutor's office, confirming information from the
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They would have stolen the jewelry of a Brazilian going to Paris Fashion Week last September.
The Banditry Repression Brigade (BRB), in charge of the investigation opened at the end of September, arrested these two thirty-somethings already known to the police.
They were placed in police custody for "aggravated theft", indicated the prosecution, specifying that a referral could take place this Thursday.
The victim's VTC stuck in traffic
On September 27, the Brazilian businesswoman lands at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and travels by VTC to Paris Fashion Week, which began the day before.
At the A1/outer ring road intersection, in the town of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, the vehicle got stuck in traffic.
Two men then arrive on a scooter, break the rear window of the VTC and steal hand luggage and a Louis Vuitton suitcase, without causing any injuries, according to a police source.
When filing a complaint at the police station of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the business manager had assessed the stolen goods at 3 million euros, an amount which has not been confirmed by the prosecution.
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