It is at the end of an incredible operationcarried out on the morning of Saturday November 11 on the Francilienne, in Pontault-Combault, that the police managed to get their hands on a shipment of bottles of champagne (Moët & Chandon) and estimated at nearly 600,000 euros.
According to the newspaper “Le Parisien”, the criminals, who had stolen the goods in Reims (Marne) on the night of Friday 10 to Saturday 11 November and who were on board two 38-ton trucks, managed to escape. No injuries were reported.
A driver jumps from his truck
It is a beacon, placed in one of the two trailerswhich allowed investigators from the Reims judicial police to locate the convoy on the national 4, near Gretz-Armainvilliers and it was at the moment when the two heavy goods vehicles entered the Francilienne (N104) that the order is given to intercept them.
The driver of the first truckseeing a police car near him, then decides to jump out of the passenger compartment, taking advantage of the low speed at which his vehicle is traveling. He was immediately “recovered” by accomplices traveling in a BMW. A police officer finally managed to get into the truck and immobilize it.
The driver of the other heavy goods vehicle also managed to defeat the police when leaving the Francilienne abruptly. His vehicle, deserted, but still loaded with bottles of champagne, was found near the Brico Dépôt store, in Pontault-Combault.
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