Jewelry theft is estimated to reach “between 500,000 euros and 1 million euros” occurred in the evening from Wednesday to Thursday in a jewelry shop in Roubaix (North), Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned from the Lille prosecutor’s office on Saturday, November 15, which confirmed the information from Northern Voices.
Several people allegedly entered a jewelry shop in downtown Roubaix at night and kidnapped the jeweler and his wife in their home before leaving with a large amount of the loot, according to the regional daily.
The Lille prosecutor’s office said it had opened an investigation into “confiscation with release before the seventh day to facilitate or prepare the commission of a crime, committed by an organized gang”, “extortion by an organized gang with weapons” and “participation in a criminal association with the intent to prepare a crime”.
The investigation was entrusted to the division to combat organized crime and delinquency specifically Lille and its investigations “ongoing”said the prosecutor.
Empty bag
On Wednesday morning, still in Roubaix, several criminals destroyed a funds transfer box at the city’s main post office with explosives, without causing injuries, before fleeing with a large bag.
The bag stolen from the trunk did not contain any money, but was just another empty bag, said a spokesman for the La Poste group in Hauts-de-France.
Six people were arrested overnight from Wednesday to Thursday as part of separate cases opened for “theft by an organized gang”, “criminal association with the intent to prepare a crime” and “destruction of property with explosives by an organized gang”, according to the Lille prosecutor’s office.
